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The resulting resistive technology touch screen was first shown on the World's Fair at Knoxville in 1982. [20] 1982 MULTI-TOUCH CAMERA - Multi-touch technology began in 1982, when the University of Toronto's Input Research Group developed the first human-input multi-touch system, using a frosted-glass panel with a camera placed behind the glass.
Discovery Channel – "How We Invented the World": Frank Beck and Bent Stumpe describe the touch-screen as developed at CERN, and how their device has become part of everyday life. (Accessed 2/7/20) Dr Beck's autobiography, "Grandpa's Book" Dr Beck describes his early life as a refugee.
In computing, multi-touch is technology which enables a touchpad or touchscreen to recognize more than one [7] [8] or more than two [9] points of contact with the surface. Apple popularized the term "multi-touch" in 2007 with which it implemented additional functionality, such as pinch to zoom or to activate certain subroutines attached to predefined gestures.
Microsoft's acquisition of the technology is the subject of a separate lawsuit. [118] [119] HP releases the second multi-touch capable tablet: the HP TouchSmart tx2 series. [120] 2009 Asus announces a tablet netbook, the Eee PC T91 and T91MT, the latter with a multi-touch screen. Always Innovating announced a new tablet netbook with an ARM CPU.
While such a design had initially been used in most mobile phones, including those with touch screen that were not Apple iPhones, it has largely been usurped throughout the 2010s by permanently built-in, non-replaceable batteries; a design practice criticized for planned obsolescence. [256] [257]
The '80s were a decade defined by major technological innovations, big hair, cult-classic movies and the start of many iconic companies, including AOL on May 24, 1985. Most basic supplies in the ...
General Magic is the apparent parent of all modern smartphone GUI, i.e. touch-screen based including the iPhone et al. In 2007, with the iPhone [ 42 ] and later in 2010 with the introduction of the iPad , [ 43 ] Apple popularized the post-WIMP style of interaction for multi-touch screens, with those devices considered to be milestones in the ...
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