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Plato iv touch screen computer
The touch screen was being developed in the 1960's, however only until the plato Iv did multi-touch technology come in it was difficult to use, however at the time was a major break through -
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the history of touch screen
1970s: Resistive touchscreens are invented. Although capacitive touchscreens were designed first, they were eclipsed in the early years of touch by resistive touchscreens. -
Tactile array sensor for robotics
In 1981 there was the invention of the tactile array sensor for robotics. this was produced -
Flexible machine interface
after that there was the flexible machine interface and it was first touchscreen which allowed for a person to direclly input information into a computer without seperate components -
soft machines
in the year of 1983 there was a new touchscreen created by bell labs and murray hill. these were called the soft machines and they were seen as a reliable and faster system for touchsreen computers -
Video Place
Myron Krueger developed a system that could actually TRACK peoples hand movements, and recognise gestures. -
Developing touchscreens
The new and developed touch screen was created now and could be incorporated into computers. It worked using transparent capactive sensors which were on top of the system. Objects within the screen could be morphed and moved around and it had the fastest response system of the time. It was developed by Bob Boie of Bell labs. -
Cassio's AT-550 watch
The first time a touch screen was developed small enough to be encorporated into a watch. It also had a calculator built in and you operated it using the touch screen monitor! -
Multi-Touch
The multi-touch tablet touch screen computer came into existence now. They could be touched on several points, and was able to record and calculate the location of each one. Being thin, it had the potential to be much more practical. -
Sensor frame
The touch screen computer was invented using the Sensor Frame. The man responsible for this was Paul McAvinney. In each four corners of the touch screen computer, there were optical sensors. These could locate up to three fingers at one time and was very accurate. -
Apple Desktop Bus
The ADB was an early USB cable, and was the first to allow multiple devices (mouse, keyboard, joystick) to be plugged in simultaneously. This was an advancement in touchscreens as it could connect two points at the same time.
