Touch Screen Technology
Have you used an ATM machine recently? If you have, you’ve, most likely, had to touch the screen. Screen touch accessibility is an advancement for technology. The hope is that, someday, you’ll be able to simply touch a screen, have your fingerprint(s) recognized, and your information (including credit card account/ bank account) information recorded.
The touch screen on the latest iPod and iPhones has been incredibly popular. No more replacing stylus pens in order to record information! If you invested in that technology before now, you are probably equal parts frustrated and relieved.
How is touch panel technology being utilized? Touch panel technology, first and foremost, increases efficiency. Touching the screen is much more direct than finding a key, pressing it, and having the CPU register what the touch means. Touch panel technology has been utilized since, at least, 1990. I remember using it for the card catalog at my local library.
Touch panel technology is also useful for all levels of techno-apt individuals. Touching is a basic sense that doesn’t require much, if any, instruction. If you are thinking of incorporating this technology, there is a good chance that you will have differing levels of technology-apt individuals.
The evolution of technology is incredibly eye-opening. If you think back to the industrial computer era, highlighted in fantasy science-fiction films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey”, you’ll remember that HAL was a very intelligent computer that had too much power. The lesson to be learned? Enjoy your technology, but stay in charge!
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