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Gunze's new touchscreen tech knows who's touching it

by Laura Domela

February 21, 2012 at 7:09 PM

Touchscreens can't differentiate between you, your friend or your cat. Truth is, they're actually amazingly simple pieces of technology without much in the way of brains. A new type of display shown off at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference in Tokyo last week does imbue the panels with at least enough smarts to tell people apart.
via Engadget

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kprasadbabuece433

yeah its a good revolution in touchscreen regarding SECURITY.

Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:27 PM

ezdtech

it depend on the tech content (the link isn't working); it seems to me that it take in consideration only touch "orientation" based on shape/pressure compared to the corresponding colored markers on the border...not much "secure" ;)

Posted on February 22, 2012 at 3:50 AM

LauraDomela

Link's fixed!

Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:28 AM

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