Keeping your gloves on while using your smartphone is a new capability this year. Here's how extra-tuned-in touch screens work.

British mathematician Hannah Fry digs into the science of touchscreens on mobile phones. Using a sausage, she explain how touchscreens work by detecting changes in the electric field, and how anything ...

How to Fix a Touch Screen That Isn't Working We've found that the following steps can help a touch screen start working again. You should try them in this order, but some may not apply to your device.

Try removing any protective plastic or film screen covers, since it might be preventing the touch screen from working. They then suggest the following software fixes that might resolve the problem: ...

How it works 3D Touch senses pressure using microscopic sensors embedded in several layers of an iPhone screen.

Capacitive touch screen On its iPhone site, Apple has revealed some clues about how the touch screen works. A panel under the screen glass senses your touch using an electrical field.

An unresponsive touch screen on an Android phone or any smartphone for that matter could be just a result of a minor software-related issue or a serious hardware problem involving the screen ...

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