The WIMP human-computer interface may have an uninspiring name, but Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing devices have dominated computing for some 15 years. The keyboard, mouse and display screen ...

The latest touchscreen-friendly gloves to hit the market are the Agloves, which provide full 10-finger touchscreen functionality in chilly weather.

TapSense is an experimental touchscreen system, that is able to tell the difference between different parts of the user's finger.

What’s most impressive about this touchscreen that knows the exact angle of the finger touching it is that it’s the same display hardware found in every smartphone on the market right now.

Some smartphone and tablet users are afflicted with a malady. No matter how hard they press on the display, they just can’t seem to get the device to acknowledge their touch. These people may ...

The revelatory invention pointed MacDuff, who’d lost the first two digits of his middle finger in an explosives accident in 2010, on a new career trajectory, as product designer and entrepreneur.

Finger-free phones, full body gesturing, and our “touchscreen” future "If you're aware there's a computer there, we've failed." ...

My Droid X2 is having trouble recognizing my fingers sporadically. (Specifically, it will stop responding to a finger of mine until I rub it or something. Other fingers will still work.) The ...

In some cases, however, that finger confounds the technology. “It’s a problem we’ve been wrestling with for 20 years now,” says Hsu. “It’s a very delicate balance.

Using only your fingers and a drawing app, Moto shows how you can test out the accuracy of your smartphone's touch screen. The test is simple: draw some slow, steady lines across the screen with ...

Lenovo has announced new touchscreen laptops including the ThinkPad T400s multitouch, the company’s first laptop to support four-finger touchscreen input. Until now many laptop makers, including ...