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Heraeus and ITRI Collaborate on Touch Screens

by Tom Allen

Heraeus and Taiwan’s Industrial Technolgy Research Institute (ITRI) have been working together for several years. Their work has been focused on touch screens, using Heraeus’ Clevios conductive polymer-based touch panels (ITRI and Heraeus Scale …

Guidance for Large Touch Screen UI Design

by Bob Raikes

We like to keep up with the latest ideas and trends in user interface design. Jakob Nielsen is a recognised guru of this topic and usually talks about mobile devices. However, his website recently …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Android Devices with Force Touch User Interfaces on the Way

by Phillip Wright

Synaptics has announced a force-sensing touch screen controller which will offer Android device developers the opportunity to add a new touch screen user interface modality. The Synaptics announcement is timely since a similar user …

GelTouch Enabled Touchscreens May Eventually Provide “Buttons-on-Demand”

by Arthur Berman

There are many applications in which the availability of a touchscreen greatly enhances a user’s ability to interact with program content. None-the-less, the smooth surface of a touchscreen makes it less suited for use …

Tags:Touch Interfaces| Touch Pads| Vol 22 - Issue 40

TouchTurns Creates 3D Sensors

by Tom Allen

US-based TouchTurns said that it has developed flexible and 3D-formable capacitive touchscreen sensors. They are designed for use in consumer and business products, replacing traditional buttons with flexible, foldable or rollable touchscreen interfaces, or …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 39

TPK’s Touch Technology Investigated by ‘Major’ Vendors

by Tom Allen

Sources at TPK have said that ‘major’ smartphone vendors, including Apple, have been showing an interest in the company’s ‘touch-on-lens’ technology. New production breakthroughs have apparently raised yields and, thus, lowered the cost of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Interfaces| TPK| Vol 22 - Issue 38

iPhone’s New 3D Touch Display

by Steve Sechrist

Now, just hours away from the the world’s best selling Smartphone next gen product launch, (Sept 9) rumors of a new 3D Touch Display are dominating the news for the newest iPhone (6S and …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Touch and Haptics Innovations in 2015 SID iZone

by Phillip Wright

Two developers caught my attention during my visit to the 2015 SID Display Week Innovation Zone (iZone). Redux Technologies and TouchNetix were exhibiting new embedded haptics and touch sensor products, respectively. The Redux Embedded …

Gauging the Wearable Device User Experience

by Phillip Wright

Wearable devices continue to attract consumers’ attention and perhaps even more so after the Apple Watch went on sale April 24. However, reported production delays have limited deliveries to some customers. The recent availability …

Mobile Device User Interfaces Will Evolve Beyond Touchscreens During the Next Few Years

by Helen Vince

Since the emergence of the smartphone, touch has been the primary user interface technology for mobile devices, developing over time from single-point touch to multi-touch gestures. Touch will remain the primary interface in smartphones, …

Tags:Multitouch| Touch Interfaces| Touch Market

Asus Touch Orders Return to Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Touch panel orders for Asus’ Zenfone smartphones will be moved from O-Film back to makers in Taiwan, say sources in the country. The new suppliers will include JTouch, TPK and Young Fast Electronics. O-Film …

Apple Points the Way for User Interface Advances

by Phillip Wright

Apple’s March 9, 2015 press event disclosed a fairly extensive range of new products and initiatives. As I reported in my prior Display Daily (Notebook Computer Displays Evolve), the new MacBook (available April 10) …