Touchscreen

When we hear about smartphones being used to perform analytical tasks, there's often also a device that's connected to the phone. According to a new study, though, a phone's own touchscreen could soon be used to test drinking water and other liquids.

Scientists at Georgia Tech have crafted a new type of touch-reactive material that's sensitive enough to read fingerprints and could give robots a sense of touch that resembles our own.

Triboelectric generators developed at Georgia Tech could be used to produce electricity from activities such as walking and they even have the potential to enable touchscreens that generate their own power.

Using graphene, researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a viable alternative to increasingly expensive ITO that they claim is the “most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity.”

Swedish researchers have incorporated technology used in criminal investigation into a touchscreen interface that allows users to conduct a virtual autopsy.