With one finger, I tap a letter onto the screen. With two fingers, I can pinch it larger or smaller. With three fingers, I can spin through the entire alphabet like a rotary phone. With four fingers, ...

Electromechanical switches are simple, cheap, and widely available (Fig. 1). However, they’re also plagued with a number of disadvantages, including wear with repeated use, and the potential for ...

The capacitive touch human-machine interface (HMI) is a critical aspect of modern electronics. It is how we interact with our devices, making it an integral part of wearables, smart home products and ...

Buttons are found in many end products, including consumer products, home appliances, automotive and industrial systems. Today’s technical savvy consumers want products with reliable and sleek user ...

Light Blue Opitcs (LBO) has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards 2010 prize for Product Design with its Light Touch interactive projector. The device uses an infra ...

Home design is moving beyond aesthetics and toward spaces that actively engage the senses. Here's what experts expect to see ...

With a rise in the number of hybrid mouse and touch devices, it's getting harder to detect someone's preference for input type. For example, layouts over 1008 pixels are no longer just for a mouse. We ...

Capacitive sensors work by detecting the change of capacitance introduced by the finger touching near the electrode. Such change is so small that detecting it unambiguously is challenging, and has ...