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Logitech appears to have taken quite the liking to the idea of mice without buttons, as its newest peripheral is this very sort of item.
The name of the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 does a fairly good job of describing that this is not the sort of thing people are accustomed to.
Quite simply, instead of implementing ... |
8 February 2012
14:21 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation conducted by experts at the Emory University, it would appear that hearing metaphors causes the human brain to display weird neural activation patterns. Specialists found high levels of activation in areas controlling sensory experiences. The team was ve... |
6 February 2012
08:18 GMT |
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Whether people believe it or not, it is quite possible that, within a decade or so, we'll already be living in a world of interactive buildings where practically every surface and every wall will respond to our presence in some fashion.
Pretty much everyone is at least loosely familiar with the Sci-Fi genre ... |
11 October 2011
08:30 GMT |
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Windows 8 has been optimized to understand touch interaction like no operating system before, including its predecessor, Windows 7. And of course, this automatically implies that there’s a great opportunity for Windows 8 developers to put together NUI applications for the next iteration of the Windows client... |
5 October 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Google is working on a touch UI for Chrome, that much is certain. The UI code is in the Chromium repositories and you can build a version with touch interface support. Already, some elements are fairly advanced and adopted for a touch screen device. Still, plenty of other things need work and it doesn't seem lik... |
6 August 2011
09:21 GMT |
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It appears that the time has finally come for Kobo to enter the battle between e-book readers with touch input support, so the aptly named Kobo eReader Touch Edition has now seen its official introduction.Users that like to keep track of things on the gadget market might already know of how the B&N Nook recently got... |
20 June 2011
04:32 GMT |
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Google Chrome OS has finally arrived, the cloud OS-powered Chromebooks have started selling, after quite a bit of waiting. But in the time since Chrome OS being announced and finally becoming available, the iPad happened and changed things quite a bit. Touch-devices are all the rage right now, so Android is king at G... |
10 June 2011
11:37 GMT |
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There are many sorts of mice on the market nowadays, from big to small and with even strange shapes, but Xebec Tech decided to take things one step further and do away with what is very well the defining trait of mice in general.Ever since their inception, mice have been known for their two buttons, the left one and... |
14 May 2011
06:56 GMT |
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Scientists were recently able to answer a centuries-old question, which sought to clear up an interesting thought experiment created by philosophers. They were wondering whether a person who was blind but recovered sight is able to distinguish visually between objects. The idea was that the formerly-blind person woul... |
11 April 2011
06:06 GMT |
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It is a well known fact that researchers have been trying to get touch input into just about any electronic imaginable, and it seems that they are now crossing boundaries and headed to other domains, like that of clothing.For years many research groups have been experimenting with bendable screens and special touch-... |
4 March 2011
10:17 GMT |
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Since the electronics show known as ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) has started, companies set to attend the show are already announcing what they have on show, and NextWindows seems particularly eager to show off the 2550 ProfileTouch.The Integrated Systems Europe Expo is taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,... |
1 February 2011
10:29 GMT |
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Surgeons and doctors are now capable of rerouting amputees' sense of touch, from a missing limb to other areas of the body. The procedure, which is tremendously complex to perform, might lead to the development of advanced prosthetic devices that operate seamlessly.
The complex operation is called “targ... |
29 January 2011
06:05 GMT |
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As it happens around the end of each year, speculations start to be made on what will or will not happen over the next 12 months in regards to various market segments, this once that of touch panels being under scrutiny.As some may have suspected, vendors of touch panels saw very good business this year, especially ... |
22 December 2010
10:33 GMT |
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With products such as Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Surface Windows 7 and Kinect, Microsoft is at the forefront of the natural user interface wave in computing. The company’s products offer customers next generation interaction models involving pen, multi-touch, voice, gestures, etc. Through Channel 9, the softw... |
20 December 2010
05:56 GMT |
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There have been quite many exhibitions and announcements of devices that combine the abilities of two or more other electronics, but La Cie, or at least designer Andre Silva, somehow managed to make something quite unusual.
So-called hybrid devices are not even close to being a new concept on the market of hardwa... |
18 December 2010
04:10 GMT |
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While the new high-end graphics cards are trickling in, AU Optronics figured it would make some announcements of its own, so it issued a fairly long press release in which it describes multiple displays.AUO showed up at the FPD International 2010 show in Japan, whose theme, this year, its "innovative technologies."T... |
9 November 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has launched a new Windows release, slapped the number “7” on it, as it did with a number of other platforms following its latest Windows client. Windows Embedded Automotive 7 was unveiled at the SAE Convergence 2010 Conference and Exhibition in Detroit today, revealing that a select number of ... |
19 October 2010
09:39 GMT |
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As was its due, DisplaySearch looked at current marketing conditions and trends in order to find out what the market for tablet and netbook touch panels will look like in 2016, finding that shipments will grow considerably. As some may know, the ASP (average selling price) of touch panels measuring 5 to 10.2 inches ... |
6 October 2010
10:34 GMT |
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Apple has filed a patent for hand-held devices with multiple touch sensing spots. “The touch sensing devices may for example be selected from touch panels, touch screens or touch sensitive housings,” the abstract of the invention reads.In one embodiment, the invention relates to a handheld electronic whic... |
22 September 2010
09:30 GMT |
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After a much-too-eager German online retail shop went live with details of the upcoming Arc Touch mouse from Microsoft Hardware, the software giant is now officially confirming the new device.The latest details are live on the German flavor of the Microsoft Partner Program website, and a range of new pictures are als... |
20 August 2010
08:50 GMT |
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The market is already well populated with tablets (convertible or no), netbooks and ultraportables, but it may soon see the arrival of a new type of mobile computer, namely the dual-display libretto W105/W100, a keyboardless UMPC (ultra mobile personal computer) that Toshiba has been working on.Basically, the device... |
17 August 2010
10:56 GMT |
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The third Beta development milestone of Firefox 4.0 is now available for download. Mozilla is planning to announce officially the release of Firefox 4.0 Beta 3 later today, but early adopters and developers can already grab the bits and start testing. With Beta 3, the pre-release flavor of the next major iteration of... |
11 August 2010
03:02 GMT |
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The e-reader market has grown to remarkable large proportions over the past half a year. Not much prior to the end of 2009, there was less than a handful such electronics on sale. Now, on the other hand, the IT market is brimming and more models keep coming out. iRiver is one of the outfits who deals in this sort of... |
4 August 2010
05:58 GMT |
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So-called robots aren't exactly far along as a technology nowadays, especially those that try to actually simulate human movement, but some projects occasionally surface that actually do have a great potential. The Kompott Robotic Agent may just be one of them. As consumers no doubt know, there is a very strong... |
10 July 2010
06:28 GMT |
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Since humankind is naturally so inventive, there have been, over the years, many who demonstrated a great idea or another that would have the potential to advance a certain segment of the IT industry. On a more particular front, in the touchscreen segment to be precise, emphasis is placed on recognition of multiple i... |
3 July 2010
04:42 GMT |
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Generally, the USB connection is used to allow an external storage solution, such as a hard drive or flash drive, among other things, to communicate with a host computer. Still, there are some uses which, though less common, definitely show off the versatility of the connection. Such is the case with a certain produ... |
28 June 2010
09:07 GMT |
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At present, it would not be a stretch to say that Acer owes most of its growth during 2009 to the laptop, and especially the netbook, market. The PC maker has even decided to continue focusing on this segment. Nevertheless, the company does not seem to have any difficulties when it comes to its other ventures, and th... |
14 June 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Many epithets have been coupled with the 2008-2009 period, most of which aren't exactly positive. Though not all levels of the industry suffered the same, the economic recession turned the past two years, especially late 2008, into one of the most dismal periods for the IT market. Sales dropped in almost every f... |
24 May 2010
04:16 GMT |
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A new application is available for users of a BlackBerry Storm handset, the SBSH Calendar Pro. The latest release of the software solution, namely version 1.1, offers support for RIM's touchscreen smartphone. The best selling BlackBerry personal information manager, Calendar Pro, comes with a wide range of othe... |
20 April 2010
03:10 GMT |
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Samsung's NB30 netbook was only launched about five months ago, but the product must have been well received if Samsung has decided to upgrade it. However, in this case, it isn't the CPU or platform that gets an overhaul, nor is there any modification made to the memory or graphics capabilities. In fact, th... |
14 April 2010
04:45 GMT |
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Now that touchscreens are used extensively in even the smallest handsets, and multitouch is making its way to many of the newer display solutions, it would be quite predictable for suppliers to raise prices in order to score higher profits. However, this is not what has happened when it comes to those that supply the... |
13 April 2010
10:53 GMT |
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ASUS has been recently revealed to be working on multiple mobile computers, such as the Eee PC 1001PX netbook and a pair of USB 3.0 laptops. Now, the hardware and PC supplier seems to be gearing up to launch yet another mobile computing product, namely a convertible tablet known as the Eee PC T101MT. Like all devices... |
26 March 2010
06:58 GMT |
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There have been significant advancements in touch or gesture-controlled display solutions but, in most cases, the setup involved a display with some new form of touch-tracking technology or another. Granted, there were experiments with displays that could recognize hand gestures or intuitively track multiple touch in... |
24 March 2010
10:34 GMT |
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It is well known that, among the many visions of future technology, there is also the idea that, eventually, buttons will be completely done away with in favor of touch input. This idea has already sparked such concepts as ASUS' dual-display laptop or the similar project PCs from MSI that were recently unveiled ... |
8 March 2010
06:25 GMT |
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The first service pack for Windows 7 might include a fix for a problem related to the new Natural User Interface of the operating system. Microsoft has detailed an issue affecting Windows 7 Home Premium, Ultimate and Professional running on touch-capable computers, which involves frozen speed settings for the double ... |
19 February 2010
10:44 GMT |
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Stylus support has mostly been associated with resistive touchscreen technology, which detects the pressure applied thanks to a multi-layer screen. While this feature is useful, it has been outweighed, at least in some instances, by the vulnerability of resistive touch panels to scratches, as well as the poor sunligh... |
16 February 2010
10:23 GMT |
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Prime View International is planning on developing a number of new types of electrophoretic displays (EPD). Seeing the popularity of touch capabilities, as well as the public demand for more e-readers and other consumer electronics with more features, the company has reportedly decided to invest in plans for the maki... |
5 February 2010
06:22 GMT |
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Unsurprisingly, companies have begun to demonstrate, preview or introduce new technologies that are meant to rival, compare or go with Apple's latest product. Such announcements often emerge after Apple, or any other large-tier company, showcases its latest, most anticipated product. In this case, Apple has, fin... |
28 January 2010
10:35 GMT |
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Touch technology has been evolving at a rather rapid pace, with multitouch capabilities improving so much that it is now at a level where it can intuitively detect multiple inputs. What the technology has so far been unable to accomplish, however, is detect the amount of pressure applied on the screen. This issue see... |
27 January 2010
05:16 GMT |
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Yet another in the long series of the 'world's first' products has emerged, only this time it seems that iBuyPower is not just driving a strong marketing campaign. The company has proudly introduced what is dubbed as the world's first multi-touch gaming laptop. This product packs high-end processi... |
15 January 2010
10:29 GMT |
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Touch Revolution will be using the Consumer Electronics Show as an opportunity to showcase several next-generation product concepts. These will revolve around the newly released NIM1000 Module, which aims to allow the implementation of touch input capabilities into any electronic device, from the most basic home appl... |
4 January 2010
10:58 GMT |
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Men apparently can sense less than women, when it comes to touch acuity. One of the main reasons for this, scientists believe, could be the fact that women have, on average, smaller fingertips than men do. In a series of experiments conducted on college students, it was revealed that those with smaller fingers tended... |
28 December 2009
05:57 GMT |
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Scientists know that the human brain is far from being decoded, and as such remains one of the most mysterious constructs in nature today. But they had no idea that it also processed impulses from the skin, when transforming electrical signals from the ears into the auditory sensation. Though that might seem improbab... |
26 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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For many years, neuroscientists believed that the “headquarters” of human self-awareness were located in a portion of the brain called the insula, which allows us to realize the things that go on inside the body. For just as many years, this explanation had sufficed, and experts moved onwards with their r... |
3 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer computer systems, has announced today the expansion of its TouchSmart family of desktop computer systems with the introduction of two new models, the TouchSmart 300 and TouchSmart 600, offering a choice for a 20-inch or a... |
13 October 2009
03:25 GMT |
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A teardown of the third-generation iPod touch has somewhat confirmed rumors that Apple intended to put cameras in its new iPod-touch lineup, and that the device is likely capable of the new 802.11n standard. iFixit carried out its usual routine and took apart a third-generation iPod touch unit only to find that, &ld... |
15 September 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Emphasizing what a great pocket computer it was, Apple’s Phil Schiller introduced yesterday a cheaper iPod touch, bearing the same features and design, as well as a new 64GB model. The 8GB touch is now available for just $199. Delivering twice the capacity for the same price, the iPod touch 32GB costs $299, whi... |
10 September 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Today's computer systems are rapidly moving towards a different computing experience for the end-user, changing the way we interact with the machine. In that perspective, there are a number of new form factors and features for PCs, such as netbooks, tablets, all-in-one PCs that enable end-users to take advantage... |
1 July 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Touch is a research project that investigates Near Field Communication (NFC), a technology that enables connections between mobile phones and physical things. The folks behind this exciting project have come up with a prototype of an iPhone media player that uses physical objects to control media playback. The RFID-b... |
16 April 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Microsoft has made gaming available for download for the company's first commercial example of surface computing. The Games Pack delivers no less than four titles to the software giant's tabletop computer. In the video embedded at the bottom of this article you will be able to see the four sample applicatio... |
7 April 2009
12:28 GMT |
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