Trying to resist the urge to splurge? Ditch the smartphone
You are more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen versus a desktop computer, according to research from UBC's Okanagan campus.
You are more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen versus a desktop computer, according to research from UBC's Okanagan campus.
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2017
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A smartphone touchscreen is an impressive piece of technology. It displays information and responds to a user's touch. But as many people know, it's easy to break key elements of the transparent, electrically conductive layers ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 5, 2017
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New research challenges the belief that touchscreens are worse input devices because they lack physical buttons. The reason is that key press timing in touchscreen input is unpredictable. When timing is made more predictable, ...
Engineering
Apr 28, 2016
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Pikachu and Link will be among the first characters coming to "amiibo."
Business
Aug 29, 2014
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Tortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the animals navigational techniques.
Ecology
Aug 6, 2014
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Even in a world of digital devices, braille continues to be a vital part of life for blind people. For nearly 200 years, this versatile writing system has allowed them to learn, work and live in a more independent way.
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —JAMES has a head that is actually a tablet. JAMES is an efficient waiter yet only has one arm. JAMES can read your body language to know you want a drink without your saying a word. Perhaps the biggest surprise ...
In just a short time, BlackBerry went from being the coolest gadget-maker on the planet to one apparently destined for the history books.
Business
Sep 23, 2013
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Electronic devices with touchscreens are ubiquitous, and one key piece of technology makes them possible: transparent conductors. However, the cost and the physical limitations of the material these conductors are usually ...
Nanophysics
Sep 3, 2013
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You may or may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but you can certainly try to get Fido to use an iPad.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 25, 2013
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A touchscreen is a display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus. However, if the object sensed is active, as with a light pen, the term touchscreen is generally not applicable. The ability to interact directly with a display typically indicates the presence of a touchscreen.
The touchscreen has two main attributes. First, it enables one to interact with what is displayed directly on the screen, where it is displayed, rather than indirectly with a mouse or touchpad. Secondly, it lets one do so without requiring any intermediate device, again, such as a stylus that needs to be held in the hand. Such displays can be attached to computers or, as terminals, to networks. They also play a prominent role in the design of digital appliances such as the personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation devices, mobile phones, and video games.
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