Apple inventing technology for touchscreens to measure hard or soft touches

Apple is looking to make responsiveness and accuracy on their touch devices even more precise. A new patent for technology that will be able to tell the amount of pressure applied on its capacitive touchscreens and whether the display is receiving a hard or soft press. This new force sensing application will likely extend the range of interaction we have with iPads and iPhones beyond the tap, swipe, pinch and hold gestures we have today.

Source: AppleInsider

Review: Logitech Touch Mouse M600

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Logitech's Touch Wireless Optical Mouse (M600), $ 79.99  brings together the best features of an optical mouse and the versatility of a multi-touch trackpad. Ideal for most desktop and notebook users, the M600 is all about improving multi-touch interaction without sacrifing the freedom of movement and responsiveness of an optical mouse.

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Review: 6th Generation Apple iPod Nano

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Probably the most dramatic departure from all its previous iterations, the 6th Generation iPod Touch completely renovates the concept of Apple's most popular music player. Now with multi-touch and with a smaller than ever form factor, the iPod Nano raises eyebrows not just for what's been added but also for what has been removed.

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National Gallery of Canada visitors able to flip through fragile art books thanks to HP TouchSmart technology

HP's TouchSmart technology helps us interact with rare documents and art like never before

 Visitors of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa will be able to browse and appreciate rare historical art books that are too fragile to touch, as a result of a new collaboration between the National Gallery of Canada and HP Canada.

Thanks to interactive HP TouchSmart technology, viewers will be able to “flip through” electronic versions of the books on a widescreen display with a multi-touch enabled screen, while the original works remain safely protected in a display case. The NGC is the first major cultural institution in Canada to partner with HP to make art more accessible through interactive displays. 

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