Capacitive touch sensors are entirely in the domain of DIY, requiring little more than a carefully-chosen conductive surface and a microcontroller. This led [John Phillips] to ask why not embed such ...

How can I examine the performance of a touch screen on a smartphone without using special equipment? By saying that,MotorolaMoto Labs, a research group of the company, draws a straight line on the ...

Ever wanted to build a touch table or other touch-input project, but got stuck figuring out the ‘touch’ part? [Jean Perardel] has your back with his multi-touch frame over on IO that makes any surface ...

Earlier this month we shared a DIY touch-screen stylus for the iPad. That build was clever but unfinished looking. This version is polished and what commercial manufacturers should be bringing to ...

Eastman Kodak Co. and UniPixel Inc., which jointly are working on manufacture of a line of sensors for touch-screen electronics, have renamed the product. The sensors, previously called UniBoss, are ...

There are all kinds of keyless door locks on the market these days, but this DIY version utilizes a touch-sensitive system powered by an arduino that offers a cheap, secure and discreet method of ...

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for an ultrasound-based force and touch sensor that could lead to a thinner, less obstructive 3D Touch mechanism, a structure which was reportedly a barrier to ...