A new technology claims to transform sensing in smart devices and applications by combining continuous, high-fidelity data capture with intelligent digital signal processing to move analog challenges ...

Maplewood-based 3M Company continued its streak of investing and acquiring companies with Thursday's announcement that it has invested in Perceptive Pixel, Inc., a developer of advanced multi-touch ...

First Microsoft brought its multi-touch interface, Surface, to tabletops. Next, Microsoft demonstrated how the interface could be taken vertical to walls. Now it looks like Microsoft's Surface ...

Haptix Touch has just announced a new input device that turns any surface into a 3D multitouch interface. The device, called the Haptix, closely resembles the Leap Motion gesture controller in terms ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Hitachi is demo'ing a product called Starboard that is a multi-touch interface at a very large scale. You can use it to control a regular PC, and they've also got ...

Multi-touch human interfaces promise to impact the world in much the same way the first graphical user interfaces did. The race has just begun between different implementation methods, but make no ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. As expected, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer gave the world a first look at their ...

In what could be a game changer for the smartphone industry, Apple was awarded a patent for its multi-touch interface for the iPhone and iPod touch. Patent number 7,479,949 was filed on 11 April 2008 ...

Apple Inc. is looking to patent a design for a handheld device (or iPod) that displays its output on a small front-side display screen but receives input through a larger touch- and force-sensitive ...

Here’s an example of how you will interact with the iPhone, on a bigger scale.– Ben Longo Explore more on these topics Share this story Subscribe and interact with our community, get up to date with ...

Windows 7 will come with a cool multitouch user interface, allowing you to touch the screen of your computer and perform actions with simple gestures. But it looks like BumpTop is going to make that ...