Transform ordinary into a touch screen!

Yes, this can be done soon - say researchers at Washington University, who developed a unique technology that has made the reality of the transformation of the usual classic display without touch-sensitive surface to touch. That is a normal screen will be touch screen easily and without any interference in its construction. Plus, do not require transformation and significant financial investments.

According to the developers, this concept consists of applying a special sensor that plugs into the wall socket, and proprietary software. With this tandem, and the signal is caught, which emits an LCD display, because of its changes appearing at the approach of your hand to the panel. It turns out that the new technology can be implemented American specialists in different types of vehicles - in smart televisions, and in the information boards. In fact, examples of its use can lead and lead.

However, development is not without drawbacks, which remove the creators have not been able to. First, it is not as accurate as modern touchscreens, defines the place touching the display. Second, while it is not possible to keep track of 2 or more touches, therefore we can safely forget about multitouch. That is to commercialize the technology is still far away.

Source: gizmonews