Capacitive touch sensing has been traditionally used as a design differentiating technology to enable superior aesthetic designs for automotive infotainment applications. With devices maturing to the ...

The project is based on the QProx QT160 charge transfer proximity sensor chip which aims to develop a simple 6-button keypad. All the work is done by the chip which functions as the brain of the ...

There’s no denying the impact that smartphones and tablets have had on modern vehicles. Look into just about any new car and you’ll find a touchscreen and maybe even a bank of capacitive touch buttons ...

Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed and ...

The new touch sensing technology replaces traditional buttons and knobs and allows occupants to control vehicle functions with a fingertip – similar to touch screen technologies used in consumer ...

Most projects that interface with the real world need some sort of input device. Obviously this article is being written from a standardized “human interface device” but when the computers become ...

Volkswagen is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States over its capacitive touch steering wheel controls. The lawsuit claims that these touch-sensitive buttons, used in VW’s electric ...

Apple is far from done with Touch ID. The latest research note from reliable TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicates the technology will return with at least one iPhone coming in ...

There are pictures floating around the intertubes today that purportedly show a next-generation iPod Touch with no physical home button. It’s shown up on CrunchGear and 9to5Mac. And it’s almost ...