When I got your question, I decided to do a little experiment. First, I tapped my finger on a tablet and sent a message to a friend. Next, I put on a pair of wool mittens and started typing, but the ...

Slowly, mobile phone vendors are responding to Apple Inc.’s iPhone by releasing smart phones with touch-based interfaces. One such phone, the HTC Touch, was released previously in Europe and Asia and ...

In a nutshell: It has long been known that electromagnetic fields (EMF) can do some wonky things to electronic devices. Recently, scientists have attempted to determine whether they can manipulate an ...

If you could feel a digital texture as vividly as touching real fabric — the rough weave of corduroy, the smoothness of leather — what would that change about how we interact with machines? At ...

Touch screens can only get so small before the user’s fingers start to block most of the information on them, but a technology called nanotouch that’s being developed by Microsoft Research and the ...

My Droid X2 is having trouble recognizing my fingers sporadically. (Specifically, it will stop responding to a finger of mine until I rub it or something. Other fingers will still work.) The weather ...

This is the world’s first OLED to pick up a user’s heart rate or fingerprint anywhere on the screen. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens ...

A Piper Jaffray analyst says Apple might be planning on bringing a touch-screen Mac tablet to store shelves next year. But is a touch screen the best idea? CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

If you’ve ever wished for some sort of biometric authentication system on the Apple Watch, you’re not alone. Apple engineers, too, are imagining ways to put the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Touch screen monitors add an entirely different dynamic to your computer usage. Most of us are fairly adept with a mouse and keyboard, but screens with touch capability add a different dimension and ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11720174 B2) for “electronic finger devices with charging and storage systems.” It’s one of several patents that the company has filed regarding finger ...