Unlock the power of touch! In this deep-dive tutorial, we’re moving beyond clunky mechanical switches and harnessing the "magic" of capacitive touch. No matter if you're a beginner looking for a ...

Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin itself. Researchers at Northwestern University and Israel's Tel Aviv ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

LAS VEGAS — In the high-energy gaming halls of CES 2026, where the latest virtual reality headsets and haptic vests compete for attention, a quiet breakthrough from Scotland is promising to change how ...

Apple has historically resisted the idea of touchscreen MacBooks, arguing that laptop PCs with the feature are unwieldy and far from ergonomic. But recent reports suggest Apple has changed its tune, ...

Don’t take your eyes off the road to read new research from the University of Washington. In partnership with Toyota Research Institute, UW researchers are exploring how modern touch screens in cars ...

Lexus has an interesting steering wheel button setup where there are two thumbpads on the spokes, unlabeled, that can be shifted between functions (like the shift key on your computer, not shifting ...

The patent is dubbed “Electronic Device With An Under-Display Sensor.” Fingerprint sensing and matching is widely used as a reliable technique for personal identification or verification. Apple says ...

All sensors are analog in nature, even an on/off switch, but how they work and how to get accurate information with the desired precision can be a challenge. The internet of things brought sensors to ...

The Venus flytrap possesses sensory hairs that detect prey via touch stimuli. Bending of the sensory hair trigger Ca 2+ and electrical signals that propagate to the leaf blade. Saitama, Japan: Plants ...

The iPhone will undergo a massive transformation in the next three generations, according to the most recent reports. The iPhone 17 series, out next week, will introduce the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air ...

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 ...