LATEST
VERSION: "Touch
Technologies Tutorial"
Frequently updated presentation; last updated April, 2010
This is the current slide set for Geoff Walker's four-hour Touch Technologies
Tutorial course.
(PDF file, < 5 MB)
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Coming Soon!
- "Large-Area
Touch-Screen Future Developments & Business Opportunities"
(6/10/10 presentation at Display Taiwan)
- "The Future
of Touch" (6/9/10 Exhibitors' Seminar presentation at Display
Taiwan)
- "The Status
of Touch and Windows 7" (5/27/10 Panel presentation at
the Market Focus Conference at Display Week)
- "Emerging Touch
Applications" (5/26/10 Applications Seminar at Display
Week)
- "Touch on the
Desktop" (5/25/10 Exhibitors' Forum presentation at Display
Week)
- "Fundamentals
of Touch Technologies and Applications" (5/23/10 Short
Course at Display Week)
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"Touch
on the Consumer Desktop"
Presented at IntertechPira's Interactive Displays Conference, April
21, 2010
(PDF file, 0.7 MB)
"Touch
Technologies for Large-Format Applications"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, April 2010 (Issue
#38/39)
(PDF file, 108 KB)
"March
2010 Issue of SID's Information Display Magazine"
(complete issue)
Geoff Walker was the Guest Editor for this issue, which includes six
articles on touch and a guest editorial
(PDF file, 10.5 MB)
Links to invidual articles:
"LCD
In-Cell Touch" (Geoff Walker & Mark Fihn; PDF file, 264
KB)
"Projected-Capacitive
Touch Technology" (Gary Barrett & Ryomei Omote; PDF file,
0.5 MB)
"The
State of the Touch-Screen Market in 2010" (Jennifer Colegrove;
PDF file, 226 KB)
"Touch
Screens and Touch Surfaces are Enriched by Haptic Force-Feedback"
(Bruce Banter; PDF file, 350 KB)
"Beneath
the Surface" (Geoff Walker & Mark Fihn; PDF file, 137
KB)
"Taking
Touch to New Frontiers: Why It Makes Sense and How to Make It Happen"
(Mark Hamblin; PDF file, 231 KB)
"Guest
Editorial: The Best of Times" (Geoff Walker; PDF file, 225
KB)
"LCD
In-Cell Touch"
Presented at a meeting of the SID Los Angeles Chapter, March 25, 2010
Presented at a meeting of the SID Pacific Northwest Chapter, March 17,
2010
(PDF file, 3.0 MB)
"Advances
in Touch Technology"
Presented at FlexTech's Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference,
February 2, 2010
(PDF file, 1.8 MB)
"Touch
Technologies Tutorial"
Presented as a Short Course at FlexTech's Flexible Electronics and Displays
Conference, February 1, 2010
The primary enhancement over previous versions (apart from ongoing updates)
includes a section on flexible displays and EMR digitizers
(PDF file, 8.4MB)
(For an updated version of this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5 MB)
"LCD
In-Cell Touch"
Presented at a meeting of the SID Bay-Area Chapter, November 17, 2009
(PDF file, 2.3 MB)
(For an updated version of this presentation, click here
- PDF file, < 5 MB)
"Automotive
Touchscreen Technologies"
Presented at SID's Vehicles and Photons Conference, October 16, 2009
(PDF file, 4.0 MB)
"Does
Touch on Consumer PCs Have Legs?"
Presented at DisplaySearch's Emerging Display Technologies Conference,
September 3, 2009
(PDF file, 268 KB)
"Display
Week 2009 Review: Touch Technology"
SID's Information Display magazine, August 2009
(PDF file, 427 KB)
"InfoComm
2009 Conference Report"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, July 2009 (Issue #30/31)
(PDF file, 0.7 MB)
"Optical
Touch Screens"
Presented at the Exhibitors' Forum of SID's Display Week Conference,
June 2, 2009
(PDF file, 0.5 MB)
"Emerging
Touch Technologies"
Presented as Monday Seminar #M6 at SID's Display Week Conference, June
1, 2009
(PDF file, 1.9 MB)
(For an updated version of
this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5 MB)
"Mainstream
Touch Technologies"
Presented as Monday Seminar #M3 at SID's Display Week Conference, June
1, 2009
(PDF file, 1.6 MB)
(For an updated version of this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5
MB)
"The
Leading Edge of Touch"
Presented at DisplaySearch's US Flat Panel Display (FPD) Conference,
March 3, 2009
(PDF file, 0.9 MB)
"A
Survey of Current and Emerging Touch-Screen Technologies"
Presented at a meeting of the SID Pacific Northwest Chapter, December
3, 2008
(PDF file, 2.8 MB)
(For an updated version of this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5
MB)
"A
Survey of Current and Emerging Touch-Screen Technologies"
Presented at a meeting of the SID Los Angeles Chapter, November 20,
2008
(PDF file, 2.5 MB)
(For an updated version of this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5
MB)
"Touchscreens
and the Mobile Phone Market"
Presented at SID's Mobile Displays Conference, September 23, 2008
(PDF file, 0.5 MB)
"Touchscreens
and the Mobile Phone Market"
Presented at Displaybank's 2008 USA Conference, September 9, 2008
(PDF file, 461 KB)
"Selecting
and Integrating Touchscreens"
(This presentation is a subset of the "Touchscreen Tutorial"
from SID's Display Applications Conference in 2007 -- see below)
Presented at SID's
Display Applications Conference, May 22, 2008 (part of SID's Display
Week Conference)
(PDF file, 2.4 MB)
"A
New Look in Touch"
Presented at the Exhibitors' Forum of SID's Display Week Conference,
May 22, 2008
(PDF file, 1.4 MB)
"The
Touch It Is A-Changing..."
Guest Editorial
SID's Information Display magazine, December 2007
(PDF file, 57 KB)
"Touchscreen
Tutorial"
Co-authored by Geoff Walker (Walker Mobile), Frank Lung (Elo TouchSystems),
James Roney (Elo TouchSystems), Ken Miller (3M Touch Systems) and Bruce
DeVisser (Fujitsu Components)
Presented at SID's Display Applications Conference, October 25, 2007
(PDF file, 6.8 MB)
"The
Future of Mobile Touch"
Presented at SID's Mobile Display Conference, October 2, 2007
(PDF file, 1.3 MB)
"Touch
at Display Week 2007"
SID's Information Display magazine, August 2007
(PDF file, 224 KB)
"Who
the Heck is Balda?"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, July 2007 (Issue #15)
(PDF file, 126 KB)
"A
Survey of Current and Emerging Touch-Screen Technologies"
Presented at a meeting of the SID Bay-Area Chapter, July 2007
(PDF file, 1.6 MB)
(For an updated version of this tutorial, click here
- PDF file, < 5 MB)
"Display
Week 2007: 3M Quietly Launches New Projected-Capacitive Touch"
SID's Information
Display website, May 23, 2007
(PDF file, 64 KB)
"Display
Week 2007: The Eighth Wonder of Touch"
SID's Information
Display website, May 22, 2007
(PDF file, 64 KB)
"The
Apple iPhone's Impact on the Touch-Panel Industry"
SID's Information Display magazine, May 2007
(PDF file, 144 KB)
"Introducing
the NextWindow 1900 Optical Touch Screen"
White paper written for NextWindow,
May 2007
(PDF file, 992 KB)
"A
Holistic View of Touch"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, March 2007 (Issue
#13)
(PDF file, 131 KB)
"Touch
and the Apple iPhone"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, February 2007 (Issue
#12)
(PDF file, 110 KB)
"A
Tough Touch Challenge"
Projected-capacitive touch-screen article ghost-written for Touch
International
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, February 2007 (Issue
#12)
(PDF file, 68KB)
"A
Cornucopia of Touch Technology"
SID's Information Display magazine, December 2006
(PDF file, 880 KB)
"Analog
Resistive Touch Panels and Sunlight Readability"
Circular polarizer article ghost-written for Gunze
USA
SID's Information Display magazine, December 2006
(PDF file, 324 KB)
"Circular
Polarizers in Resistive Touch Screens"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, August 2006 (Issue
#8)
(PDF file, 191 KB)
"Touch
Screen Highlights from the SID 2006 Show Floor"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, June 2006 (Issue #6)
(PDF file, 79 KB)
"Palm
Rejection on Resistive Touch Screens"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, November 2005 (Issue
#1)
(PDF file, 63 KB)
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"Dell
Latitude ATG D630: Dell's Second-Generation 'All Terrain Grade' Notebook
Sports Best Outdoor Display"
(A review of the Dell ATG notebook, co-authored with Conrad Blickenstorfer)
Rugged PC Review website, October 2007
"How
to Select an LCD Monitor: A Personal Approach"
Rugged PC Review website, June 2007
"The
Ultimate Outdoor-Readable Touch-Screen Display"
(An analysis of General
Dynamics-Itronix' DynaVue outdoor-readable display technology)
Rugged PC Review website, June 2007
"Notebooks
with Outdoor-Readable Screens in Mid-2007"
Pen Computing website, May 2007
"DisplaySearch
FPD 2007 Conference: Summary of Discussions about High-Resolution Displays"
Veritas et Visus High Resolution newsletter, May 2007 (Issue
#14)
(PDF file, 128KB)
"LCD
LED Lighting Technology Conference Summary"
Veritas et Visus Display Standards newsletter, February 2007
(Issue #17)
(PDF file, 66 KB)
"2006
OLEDs World Summit Conference: A Personal View"
Veritas et Visus Flexible Substrate newsletter, January 2007
(Issue #20)
(PDF file, 1 MB)
"How
Microsoft's Windows Vista SideShow is Helping Drive High-PPI Displays
into Other Applications"
Veritas et Visus High Resolution newsletter, December 2006
(Issue #11)
(PDF file, 651 KB)
"Optical
Bonding for Improved LCD Outdoor Viewability"
Veritas et Visus High Resolution newsletter, August 2006 (Issue
#8)
(PDF file, 121 KB)
"The
Evolution of 3D Graphics Hardware in the Mainstream Computer Experience"
Veritas et Visus 3rd Dimension newsletter, June 2006 (Issue
#10)
(PDF file, 68 KB)
"DisplaySearch's
8th Annual (2006) US FPD Conference"
Veritas et Visus High Resolution newsletter, April 2006 (Issue
#5)
(PDF file, 161 KB)
Reader Questions & Answers
from the Pen Computing Website
"New
Toshiba Wide-Angle-View LCD Technology" (April 2006)
"Can
I Use a Computer Screen as a Mirror?" (April 2006)
"LCD
Monitors: Why We're Stuck at 100 PPI"
Veritas et Visus High Resolution newsletter, December 2005
(Issue #2)
(PDF file, 59 KB)
"Wide-Angle
LCDs and the Tablet PC: A Discussion of Wide-Angle Display Technologies"
Pen Computing magazine, February 2005 (Issue #53)
"Liquid
Color® and LCD Monitor Calibration"
White paper written for Portrait
Displays, Inc., October 2004
(PDF file, 436 KB)
"Outdoor
Display Primer: How to Select the Best Notebook Display for your Mobile
Application"
Pen Computing magazine, March 2004 (Issue #51)
(PDF file, 1 MB)
"OLED
Displays Appear in Digital Cameras"
(Not currently available online)
Digital Camera magazine, November 2003 (Issue #30)
"Outdoor
Color LCDs: The State-of-the-Art in Display Technology"
Pen Computing magazine, September 2001 (Issue #41)
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"Assessing
a New Tablet (or any other mobile computing product)"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, February 2010 (Issue
#36/37)
(PDF file, 44 KB)
"Backpedaling
in Microsoft-Land: The UMPC Suddenly Gets Real"
(A report from Microsoft's 2007 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference)
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, May 2007 (Issue #14)
(PDF file, 43 KB)
"The
UMPC at the End of 2006"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, December 2006 (Issue
#11)
(Also published on the Pen Computing website, December 2006)
(PDF file, 622 KB)
Reader Questions & Answers
from the Pen Computing Website
"Mid-2006
Tablet PC with Outdoor-Readable Screen" (July 2006)
"Convertible
Tablet PC with Outdoor-Readable Screen" (May 2006)
"Replacement
Pens for Older Fujitsu Stylistics" (May 2006)
"Windows
2000 Pen Driver for the Fujitsu Stylistic 2300" (April 2006)
"Buying
a Tablet PC for College" (April 2006)
"Selecting
a Tablet PC for Use in K-12 Education" (April 2006)
"Origami
Update: What's Happened Since the March 2006 Launch?"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, May 2006 (Issue #5)
(Also published on the Pen Computing website, May 2006)
(PDF file, 161 KB)
"Touching
Origami: Microsoft's UMPC Platform"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, March 2006 (Issue
#4)
(PDF file, 301 KB)
"Is
the Tablet PC Ready to Penetrate the Consumer Market?"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, February 2006 (Issue
#3)
(PDF file, 38 KB)
"The
Future of the Tablet PC"
Veritas et Visus Touch Panel newsletter, December 2005 (Issue
#2)
(PDF file, 73 KB)
"The
Future of the Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, February 2005 (Issue #53)
(PDF file, 342 KB)
"How
to Select a Second-Generation Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, September 2004 (Issue #52)
"Wireless
Wide-Area Data: An Interview with Sprint"
Pen Computing magazine, March 2004 (Issue #51)
(PDF file, 1.6 MB)
"Tablet
PC Update"
(The online version of this article covers all of Comdex 2003, not
just Tablet PCs)
Pen Computing magazine, March 2004 (Issue #51)
"Windows
Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC"
Pen Computing magazine, November 2003 (Issue #50)
"Tablet
PC Software: Corel Grafigo 2"
Pen Computing magazine, November 2003 (Issue #50)
"Tablet
PC Report"
Market research report written for MobileTrax Enterprise IT Research
Service, August 2003
(PDF file, 2.1 MB)
"Tablet
PC Update: Application Software" (Table)
Pen Computing magazine, June 2003 (Issue #49)
(PDF file, 80 KB)
"Pen
Computing Advice: Home Inspections and the Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, March 2003 (Issue #48)
"StepUp
Computing Joins the Pen Tablet Brawl"
(StepUp Computing was a short-lived startup offering an 8.4-inch traditional
pen tablet)
Pen Computing magazine, March 2003 (Issue #48)
(PDF file, 37 KB)
"How
to Select a Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, December 2002 (Issue #47)
"Tablet
PC Software: What Can You Do With a Tablet PC?"
Pen Computing magazine, December 2002 (Issue #47)
(A portion of this article also appears in the Pen Computing 2003
Buyers Guide)
"A
Virtual CD Drive for the Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, December 2002 (Issue #47)
(PDF file, 1 MB)
"Microsoft
Smart Display: An Update to the Project Formerly Known as Mira"
(A "Smart Display" is another name for a wireless mobile thin
client)
Pen Computing magazine, December 2002 (Issue #47)
"Tablet
PC Q&A"
Pen Computing magazine, October 2002 (Issue #46)
"The
State of the Pen Tablet PC Market"
White paper written for Fujitsu
PC Corporation, September 2002
(PDF file, 56 KB)
"First
Look at Tablet PC: Acer TravelMate TM100 with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition"
Pen Computing magazine, July 2002 (Issue #45)
"Microsoft
Mira"
("Mira" was a wireless mobile thin client)
Pen Computing magazine, July 2002 (Issue #45)
(PDF file, 444 KB)
"Fujitsu
and the Tablet PC"
White paper written for Fujitsu
PC Corporation, June 2002
(PDF file, 33 KB)
"Windows
CE .Net: Microsoft’s Ambitious Successor to Windows CE"
Pen Computing magazine, April 2002 (Issue #44)
"Pen
Computer Technology"
White paper written for Fujitsu
PC Corporation, April 2002
(PDF file, 194 KB)
"Tablet
PC Update"
Pen Computing magazine, April 2002 (Issue #44)
(PDF file, 898 KB)
"Special
Report – Webpads: The Next Big Thing or Just a Fad?"
("Webpad" is another name for a wireless mobile thin client)
Pen Computing magazine, January 2002 (Issue #43)
"Webpad
Applications: Las Vegas’ Aureole Restaurant uses SonicBlue ProGear
Webpad"
("Webpad" is another name for a wireless mobile thin client)
Pen Computing magazine, September 2001 (Issue #41)
"The
Tablet PC: A Detailed Look at Microsoft’s Proposed Tablet PC"
Pen Computing magazine, July 2001 (Issue #40)
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