Bolt Industries boasts that these books “bring circuits to life!” That seems to be more accurate than the average similar claim, with the books being built from PCBs that a PS ...

Touch Screens Are Making Cars Worse. It’s Time to Bring Back Buttons and Knobs. Big touch screens look cool, but they’re difficult (and sometimes dangerous) to operate.

The new iPhone 16e unveiled today features Face ID instead of Touch ID. As a result, Apple no longer sells any new iPhone models with a Home button, ...

Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed ...

Microchip unveils new 12-button touch controllerMicrochip's MTCH2XXX family is set to expand with more solutions that offer bus-controlled flexibility, extending the ease of use provided by the ...

A Samsung patent describes a system where a phone vibrates only at the point where you touch it, replacing physical buttons.

Texas Instruments (TI) addresses these issues with the Touch on Metal Buttons With Integrated Haptic Feedback reference design. This design leverages the company’s inductive-to-digital and haptic ...

After nearly two decades of sleek touch screens, a number of big-name companies and manufacturers are bringing back buttons — including Apple, as consumers share their frustrations of using ...

The tyranny of touch screens may be coming to an end. Companies have spent nearly two decades cramming ever more functions onto tappable, swipeable displays. Now buttons, knobs, sliders and other ...

American opinion: Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract drivers Not everyone sees touch screens as progress.

Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract drivers The dashboard of the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV is just one giant touch screen.