Thin Film Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen

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33 pointsaraneae5 comments

Inaccurate title: Thin Bendable transparent film allows input over any surface.

All a touch screen is a piece of touch glass over a screen....

Touch glass already exists, the newsworthy bit is that it is bendable.

Inaccurate pedantry: Imprecise title: Thin Bendable transparent film allows input over any surface.

</tongue in cheek>

While it is also imprecise, the fact that the film is only an input surface means it's also inaccurate. To make a touchscreen, you must have a screen.

</since you went there :Op>

I was commenting on both the inaccurate nature of the title as well as the fact it does not point out the newsworthy, new tech part that HN readers likely give a crap about.

Touche, sir :)

That is pretty cool. Article titles should start distinguishing between touchscreen and multi-touch screens, however. The usability of multi-touch input is, IMO, much better than that of single-touch input (essentially just mouse emulation), so the differentiation between the two is important. For me, it's the difference between me caring and not caring.

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