Washing machines are getting more and more high-tech, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a rocket scientist to run a load of laundry. Get to the bottom of all those knobs and dials. It’s likely that ...

A Ford patent could give drivers the ability to reassign the functions of their car’s dials and knobs What were once volume dials could be user-programmed to be ventilation controls, for example It’s ...

Keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures are fine, but they’re not as good as dedicated knobs and dials for just getting out of the way and letting your concentrate on the job instead of the interface ...

The Cadillac User Experience, or CUE, touch-based infotainment system has had a mixed reception since being launched just a few years ago. Perhaps the biggest gripe with the system is the lack of ...

The Surface Dial is a $100+ rotary control. You can turn it, and it’ll make some basic stuff happen on your Microsoft Surface. It’s silver and sleek and elegant but fundamentally, it just works via ...

Do you remember when electronics used to have knobs and sliders? These analog switches were how we interacted with our AM/FM radios, televisions, and recording soundboards. Digital technology has ...

HP’s ‘Troy’ concept is an attempt to show how modern software and hardware technology could be combined to turn a regular PC into a communications platform. Although it’s impossible to tell exactly ...