At its absolute simplest, a touch screen is a visual display interface (a screen) which produces an action when a particular point on the screen is touched. Devices such as tv logic monitors present users with multiple and simultaneous menu options that simply do not exist on standard display monitors. The roots of this particular… Continue reading The History of Touch Screen Technology – The 1990’s
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The theoretical basis behind touchscreen technology can be traced back to the 1940’s, but the technology itself was not even remotely possible until the mid-1960’s. The first functioning touch screen device was invented by an electronics engineer known as E.A Johnson in 1965. He was employed by Royal Radar Establishment (known today as the Royal… Continue reading Where did Touch Screen Technology Come From?