May 25th, 2007

Capacitive Touch: Coming to Everything

We love gadgets with touchscreens. That’s a fact. Capacitive touch is the mysterious tech behind the iPod’s scrollwheel, the touchpad on your laptop, and pretty much anything you control with just touch. One hurdle the technology has had to face is that only certain materials could handle recording of X/Y grid movements, the secret to using it as a real input method. InfiniTouch, part… → Read More

March 5th, 2007

AMEX Digital Skype Phone And Keyboard: Look Ma No Keys

AMEX Digital must really hate keys because they’ve launched a new wireless Skype phone and keyboard with Touch Sense keys. Maybe I’m old school, but I like the feedback I get from regular buttons. Don’t get me wrong: the idea of everything being touch sensitive is really neat, but what if you have chubby fingers? The TSP-VS501 is a dual-mode phone for both Skype and landline use. All you… → Read More