According to the patent, the controller would come with an optical sensor to register touch, press, swipe, and tap inputs.

Apple wants future devices to be able to have a variety of input features that can work in tandem. The company has been granted a patent for “Multitouch Data Fusion.” The patent filing relates to ...

Apple has been granted a patent for touch sensitive control areas including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current iPhone design, and a folding one. The touch screen wasn't invented with ...

The Interactive Media Lab at Dresden Technical University has been busy working on ideas for user interfaces with wearable electronics, and presents a nice project, that any of us could reproduce, to ...

Apple has fully transitioned all of its computers, and even certain iPad models, over to its in-house silicon. The M-series of chips bring major improvements in performance and efficiency — both of ...

Macs may be able to turn a wall or any surface into a touch input device in the future, with Apple researching ways to add touch-based interactions to a surface that doesn't have any capability for ...