Could Tapsense be B&N’s Revolutionary Screen Tech?
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A rumor broke earlier today that B&N’s next Nook tablet would have a revolutionary new screen tech, and I think we might be looking at it.
Last fall a research team at Carnegie Mellon University what could be the next step in touchscreen technology. They called it Tapsense, and once it sinks in you’re going to wonder why no one thought of it a long time ago.
Tapsense takes an ordinary touchscreen and adds a microphone. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but the researchers have found a way to use the mike to identify what part of the finger (as well as other objects) is touching the screen. For example, the demo video below shows that they can tell when you’re using a fingernail, the tip of your finger, or the knuckle.
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Now that's pretty cool. I'd love to have this on my gadgets. Here's a video demonstration: