Arquivos de Tag: Touch

Magic Touch was Keytec’s 1994 Overlay That Added Touchscreen Control to Any Monitor or Notebook

Keytec brought the Magic Touch to the 1994 Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. The Texas company, founded in 1987, offered a straightforward way to give standard CRT monitors and notebook screens touch input without replacing the entire display. At a moment when keyboards and mice defined personal computing, the idea of pressing a finger […]

Hands That Feel Every Touch and Move in a Blur Give 1X’s NEO Humanoid a Real Shot at Useful Work

Engineers at 1X put the motors for the new NEO hands up in the forearm. Strong cables run down through the wrist and pull on the fingers and palm. This tendon-driven layout keeps the hand itself light while delivering strong, precise pulls. Low gear ratios between 5-to-1 and 15-to-1 let the system stay backdrivable. Push […]