Instrumentation and Control News - Touch Sensors

CardMan(R) 7121 Smart Card Reader for High-Security Data Access Control Business Editors/Technology Writers

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:35:40 +0200

AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Selected by ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies to Add Biometric Authentication to Its New OMNIKEY Smart Card Reader for Desktop PCs

Validity and Synaptics Integrate the New VFS201 Fingerprint Sensor with TouchPad

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:47:22 +0200

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007; Validity Sensors and Synaptics Announce Second Generation SecurePad™ TouchPad™ for the Notebook Market

Assa Abloy ITG introduces Smart Card Reader with Fingerprint Recognition

Tue, 15 May 2007 05:37:52 +0200

Using modern stripe sensor technology, the OMNIKEY CardMan 7121 allows threefold authentication via card, pin and fingerprint. It is compatible to a broad range of fingerprint recognition and access control systems and can easily be integrated into existing and new biometric access security solutions.

Hitachi's new handset uses AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:19:57 +0200

AuthenTec's AES1510 fingerprint sensor is featured on Hitachi's new "win" series phone, the W51H, one of a growing number of biometric cell phones used in Asia for M-commerce. The phone will be available through Japan's KDDI later this month

AuthenTec Unveils Biometric Fingerprint Sensor

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:43:46 +0200

The AES1710 requires significantly less battery power, and runs on a 1.8-V platform. This capability results in providing lengthy standby times. The company points out that since subscribers rely on their handheld devices for an increasing number of services battery power is a critical consideration to mobile phone and PDA manufacturers

Calibration problems found in voting machines

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:25:26 +0100

If a touch-screen machine is not calibrated properly, voters touching the box next to one candidate might have their vote cast for the candidate above or below, Harsman said. However, the voters can review their votes - both on a summary screen and on a printout - to make sure they are correct before submitting a ballot, he said.

Leading European Electronics Magazine Recognizes AuthenTec Through Its Reader’s Choice Award

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:54:39 +0100

AuthenTec’s AES1610 Fingerprint Sensor with The Power of Touch™ Named One of the Top Three 2006 Best Sensor Products by Elektronik Magazine

Wireless Keyboard with Touch Sensor Keys

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:23:57 +0100

World's first touch sensor keyboard. Hong Kong maker AMEX Digital introduced a new kind of keyboard without the typical keys.

Capacitive touch sensor IC

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:09:41 +0100

The device has several enhancements to simplify design and caters for a broader range of operating environments. Eliminating the need for resistors on each channel has reduced external component count. As well as a reduction in circuitry, the device features increased sensitivity, by as much as four times, which in turn has led to as much as a 50% power reduction...

Cypress Adds CapSense Support To PSoC Express™ Design Tool

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:45:06 +0100

New Capacitive Sensing Designs Can Now Be Completed in Hours with Revolutionary Tool That Requires No “C” or Assembly Coding

Modular expandable full-ruggedized Industrial and Military Notebook with Intel Core Duo Technology

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:07:51 +0100

Acturion Datasys presents one of the most powerful Military Notebooks available

Sensor Manufacturer Sues Apple

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:11:59 +0100

Apple is facing yet another lawsuit, this time over technology used in the iPod's Click Wheel.

That special touch

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:05:28 +0100

The company has used Cypress Semiconductor’s CapSense capacitive touch sensing solution in one of its latest introductions. The BARM699A is a radio alarm clock with weather station and atomic controlled accuracy. And CapSense allows the device to be controlled via a touch panel interface...