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Thin Film Transforms Any Surface Into Touchscreen

Posted by samzenpus on from the peel-and-stick dept.

kkleiner writes "Open up a cardboard tube, roll out a transparent film just millimeters thick, apply it on a flat object and *tada* you've got an interactive touch surface. Cambridge-based Visual Planet just launched its new massive-sized multitouch thin film drivers so you can create touchscreens from 30 to 167 inches in size! Their touchfoil is a transparent nanowire embedded polymer capable of sensing the touch of a finger, or even pressure from wind and translating that to a computer interface. It works on glass, wood, and other non-conductive surfaces."

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  1. Re:Massage by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Informative

    FYI, the interesting topography is supposed to be on the other side.

    Also, you can't give a good massage with just light touching with your fingertips.

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  2. Re:Millimeters thick? by MacGyver2210 · · Score: 3

    Um, last I checked a millimeter is pretty small. I can roll up all sorts of things to a reasonably thin degree which are much thicker than that(including one of those schnazzy silicone gel keyboard things).

    It's a transparent flexible touch surface...and you're complaining because it's as thick as card stock?

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  3. Re:Massage by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends on the game, and the girl.

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  4. I seem to recall .... by PPH · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... touch screen kits available about 15 years ago. Flexible transparent plastic film that one could stick to a monitor (or whatever) with logic to emulate a mouse (serial back then IIRC). Maybe a hundred bucks or so to do a 12 or 14 inch monitor. No big deal.

    They were great out on the shop floor. Some of the mechanics were in the habit of using (pointy, sharp) tools to tap touch screens. So anything that could be peeled off and replaced without having to scrap an entire CRT was great. Yeah, CRT. Get over it, kid. And get off my lawn!

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