[HankDavis] sent along this link to a video showing a tutorial on how to make touch sensors using a “darlington pair”. In the video we are taken through the idea and how we’re going to construct it.

When Barnes & Noble showed off the Nook Simple Touch about a year ago, we praised it for being small, cheap, and easy on batteries. The next generation of the device, the Nook Simple Touch with ...

Bedtime reading with an e-paper based ereader has always been something of a throwback: either you leave the lights on, or you clip on a retro-style book light. The alternative until now has been a ...

The Nook Simple Touch was already the best ereader out there. And it just took the last step for an ereader to become the only book-reading gadget you need. Now ...

Owners of the Nook Simple Touch can now install and run Apple’s classic Macintosh OS thanks to an easy hack. Owners of the Nook Simple Touch can now install and run Apple’s classic Macintosh OS thanks ...

The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight works great for night-time reading. It’s coming early May for $139. The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight works great for night-time ...

Barnes & Noble on Tuesday unveiled a simplified touchscreen e-reader: the Simple Touch Reader. Designed for a "pure and simple" reading experience without buttons, keyboards or complexity, the new ...

Barnes & Noble steps up with one of the very few features that standard E Ink e-readers have lacked for, well, too long. With the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, the Simple Touch reader gains an LED ...

Editor's Note: Looking for a Nook with built-in lighting? Read our review of the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. After a rocky start with the launch of the first Nook, Barnes & Noble has propelled ...

What's American's number one problem in the bedroom? Honestly, whatever you first guessed is probably the right answer. For the sake of this conversation, however, let's just assume that it's light, ...

“The Kindle may beat Nook slightly in a few areas, but when it comes down to it, nobody getting a Nook is going to walk away disappointed because it's not a Kindle. And in many ways, the Nook is ...

Barnes and Noble’s new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight isn’t an all-new, completely re-designed eReader, but it doesn’t need to be. The original Nook Touch remains one of the best eReaders on the ...