Illustrative Diagram of "Tablet" Allowing Pen-Based Input and Output Unwired View reports on a newly-published patent application from Apple disclosing software methods for processing pen-based ...

Lately we’ve been focusing on multitouch technologies, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t interesting research going on in other areas of human-computer interaction. [Johnny Lee] posted a roundup of ...

Though Apple has shunned the stylus in favor of multi-touch on the iPhone and iPod touch, a new patent application suggests the company is investigating superior handwriting and input recognition via ...

When it comes to interacting with computers and other gadgets, today both pen input and touch input are very common. For the most part the two methods operate independently with most touch screens not ...

Touchscreen manufacturer N-trig could be the people to bring my large-scale multitouch dreams to fruition. While Microsoft's Surface is way too expensive, and DIY versions a little too complicated for ...

Asus unveiled four new portable monitors during the Consumer Electronics Show this week, including one model with an OLED display panel, one that supports wireless screen mirroring, and two with ...

As I played with the MacBook Air at the recent Macworld Expo and tried out its multitouch trackpad, my mind inexplicably went to pen input. What would it be like to write on the trackpad like a pen ...

It's completely anecdotal and lacking in what some might call "scientific rigor," but we're digging the, ahem, relevance of Phil Gyford's little text input faceoff he performed for his blog recently.

We'll keep our source anonymous here, but an Acer rep staffing the company's press event here at IFA just told us its funky Aspire R7 Ultrabook is "not selling so well." We're not sure if that's ...

If you worked with computers back in the 1970s, there’s a good chance you used a light pen at some point: a simple input device that you’d point at the CRT screen to highlight text, choose menu ...

"You have to try this." Steven Bathiche, Director of Research at Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group, hands me a pen. It's a new pen, a prototype, but it's actually the screen he's excited about. In ...

Digital writing has now become a reality for consumers with the release of the Logitech io, a pen and paper system that "remembers" what you write, capturing up to 40 pages of handwriting at a time ...