During the last two months, announcements of new touch sensors and touch-sensor capabilities have arrived from Silicon Labs, Freescale, and Atmel. But the technologies differ and give engineers a ...

T his article is a follow-up to the one on SELF capacitance [1], and together, they cover the theories and design guides for the two most popular capacitive sensors, the projected and self capacitive ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,416,086) for “sensor design for capacitive sensing.” It hints at an Apple Pencil with expanded touch sensors, as well as “hover” sensors. The patent involves ...

In touch: John Madden (left) and Mirza Saquib Sarwar with their sensor. (Courtesy: UBC) A flexible touch sensor that can distinguish between being touched and being stretched has been developed by ...

Capacitive touch sensors have made homes i n scores of MP3 players and mobile phones. Of course, the mobile arena is no longer the only bastion for these devices. Today, sensor technology has ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed new sensor glove technology that could allow robots to use their ...

In a study to be published this month, University of Washington researchers announce a promising discovery: electrodes placed on the surface of the brain could help those with spinal cord injuries ...

Research on prosthetic hands has come a long way, but most of it has focused on improving the way the body controls the device. Now, it may also be possible for prosthetic hands to send signals back ...