The touch-screen technology – the demise of computer mouse
June 29th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Touch ScreenIt is now almost 40 years, but one of the most popular office tools is about to become obsolete, according to analysts’
Invented nearly 40 years by Dr Douglas Engelbart while working for the Stanford Research Institute, millions of mice are in service around the world’
However, thanks to new technologies such as touch screens and facial recognition software, it seems mouse calculate days are accounts of analysts predict that, to be completely obsolete in five years’
In recent years has seen an explosion of new input devices, particularly with the rise of PDAs and mobile phones touch screen, where markets are becoming a method, the number of entry’
The touch-screen technology has been around since the 1970s, although traditionally were expensive and normally only used in industrial applications’
However, recent advances in technology today means the touch screen is relatively cheap and can be found in everything from mobile phones, ATM machines, information points and even microwave ovens’
Is expected to touch screens and other technologies such as gesture, facial recognition systems are quickly becoming the replacement of the mouse’
The main advantage of a touchscreen in the conventional mouse, keyboard and monitor is the screen design that is both input and output devices’ Not only that, but saving space, this means that the equipment can be placed in places where a keyboard and a mouse would be impractical, such as outside or left unattended’
Touch screen technology is also widely used in industrial applications that do not have a keyboard and mouse, which means that pollutants such as grease, dirt and dust can not enter and clog the input devices’ Touch screens can also be places in a shelter that protects you from industrial water, dust and even explosive, which allows a computer to be placed, even in the most inhospitable environments’
Touchscreen technology is changing the way we interact with computers and technology that is placed in areas where computers are located’
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