Technology offers a modern approach to resolving life's classic rituals, and to be honest it makes life simpler. Emails have replaced snail mail, texts have replaced talking, and, oddly enough, social ...

The collection of available Internet of Things products is growing, and with each new connected device it seems we also get a new automation tool. In our smart homes of the not-so-distant future, ...

OSHKOSH – Emergency landing is now as easy as the touch of a button. Cirrus Aircraft has added yet another safety feature to its planes, introducing a one-touch autonomous emergency landing system ...

Apple has a new patent for using inline proximity sensors to detect hover gestures above a multi-touch display, even without touching. This patent could mean that somewhere down the line, future ...

In the COVID-era, the last thing any of us wants to do is press an elevator or an ATM button when you have no idea who used it before you. And current static touchless buttons are fun, but it’s not ...

With iPhone 7, Apple updated its iconic home button from a mechanical push-button design to a solid-state sensor stack, meaning it requires direct contact with skin, or a capacitive glove, to operate.

Over the past few years, there's been a shift in interior design for a handful of car manufacturers that sees actual, physical buttons being replaced by touch-capacitive versions. While the new ...

Pressing a button appears easy, but the brain needs a probabilistic internal model to control a press. A new theory exposes significant improvements to button design that help gamers and musicians.