A water-tolerant design offers a higher level of safety in white-goods applications, and it's cost-effective to boot. Capacitive touch sensors have made homes i n scores of MP3 players and mobile ...

Imagine a touch sensor so thin and flexible it can feel not only where you press but also how hard. Scientists in Japan have ...

Researchers have developed a flexible optical touch sensor that can simultaneously detect the strength and location of ...

As we move into a world where human-machine interactions are becoming more prominent, pressure sensors that are able to analyze and simulate human touch are likely to grow in demand. As we move into a ...

The new iPad Air is the first Apple device to have a fingerprint reader under the power button. We'll show you how to set it up. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering ...

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 ...

Meta says it’s partnering with sensor firm GelSight and Wonik Robotics, a South Korean robotics company, to commercialize tactile sensors for AI. The new devices aren’t meant for consumers. Rather, ...

A new flexible 'artificial skin' combines touch and chemical sensing, giving robots the ability to feel pressure while detecting molecules in their environment. Image ...

New language of sensors may aid search for better pain and itch treatments The human body’s sense of touch is so important it can be found throughout the body, not just on the skin. Two tiny sensors ...