The aim of the Hackable Instruments project is to create instruments that can be easily tweaked by the player to find interesting new directions for producing flavorsome tones, without any specialist ...

Will capacitive touch controls and a user-configurable LCD instrument panel make Cadillac the Cadillac of cars again? That’s the hope of the flagship brand for General Motors with the Cadillac User ...

It’s hard to believe that just a few decades ago, touchscreen technology could only be found in science fiction books and film. These days, it’s almost unfathomable how we once got through our daily ...

Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed and ...

Apple is examining a shift from a force sensor in AirPods to a capacitive touch system to make a set easier to control, and provide new options. The latest in Apple's surprisingly long history of ...

The unbridled success of touch-enabled user interfaces in products such as smartphones, MP3 players, desk top monitors, and tablet computers over the last few years has been driven by the all-round ...

Imagine that you have a great idea for a product that includes a plastic injection-molded case or a glass panel, and you would like to explore the possibility of replacing the mechanical buttons with ...

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 ...

Fig 1. Microsoft’s Spatial Desk, which is used to demonstrate the latest Microsoft technologies to customers, employs a PCT-based touchscreen. Fig 2. PCT brings multi-touch table service to Mojo ...