Touchscreen Interfaces
Direct-manipulation displays using resistive, capacitive, optical, or acoustic sensing for phones, kiosks, tablets, and control panels.
Core metadata
- ID: touchscreen_interfaces
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1965 (year)
- Region: Malvern, United Kingdom
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) (graphical_user_interface_gui)
- Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD Screens) (liquid_crystal_displays_lcd_screens)
- MEMS Sensors (mems_sensors)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- 1965 - The Touchscreen (Malvern Radar and Technology History Society, 2015, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: The Malvern Radar and Technology History Society describes Eric Johnson developing a touch interface concept at RRE Malvern in 1965 for air-traffic-control computer displays.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD Screens) (liquid_crystal_displays_lcd_screens) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD Screens) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| MEMS Sensors (mems_sensors) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | MEMS Sensors provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Graphical User Interface (GUI) (graphical_user_interface_gui) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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