Capacitive touch sensing has been traditionally used as a design differentiating technology to enable superior aesthetic designs for automotive infotainment applications. With devices maturing to the ...

A second automaker has realized that going all-out on capacitive touch buttons is the wrong move. First, Honda backtracked, giving the 10th-generation Civic a physical volume knob to replace the touch ...

It can sometimes feel like the arc of progress only moves in one direction and that it’s always making our lives worse. As car makers get turned on to technology—pushed by customers begging to see ...

Atmel® Corporation, a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the new family of QTouch® capacitive touch controllers is International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and ...

Most projects that interface with the real world need some sort of input device. Obviously this article is being written from a standardized “human interface device” but when the computers become ...

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 ...

Good news, cold-climate dwellers: There is a new company entering the glove-friendly capacitive touchscreen arena. SMK, maker of telecom and electronic components has recently announced a new 6.5-inch ...

Like a princess smooching a frog and turning it into a prince, HTC has given Windows Mobile 6.5 a capacitive kiss and turned it into something crave-worthy with the HTC HD2. HTC has done a decent job ...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has applied for a patent on a hybrid resistive-capacitive touchscreen. The company's patent application, published at the end of July, describes a fusion between ...

When you’re searching for the best styluses for touch-screen laptops, the selection can be overwhelming. The first thing you’ll need to do is decide whether you want a capacitive or an active stylus; ...