1 December 2014

Watch: Informative Video Shows How Touchscreens Work

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Did you know that the first capacitive touchscreen was actually used in 1976?



With technology moving at such a quick pace these days, almost all of our gadgets are based on touchscreens—like our handphones, tablets to television sets—but how do touchscreens actually work?



Greg Foot of Head Squeeze shows how the technology works with simple illustrations, explaining the different layers that carries and senses the amount of current and charge made by our electrically conducted finger.



Find out more by watching the video below.



























[via Gizmodo, Head Squeeze, images via screenshot]