Articles for Touch Screens

The latest car technology is starting to drive people nuts
2 weeks, 3 days ago

The latest car technology is starting to drive people nuts

Live Mint  

Drivers are finding they wish the smart technology in their cars was just a bit dumber. The share who had positive feelings about the intuitiveness of their car’s controls fell from 79% in 2015 to 56% in 2024, according to surveys of new-car buyers by Strategic Vision, a market-research firm. In 2024, owners of battery-electric vehicles reported their door handles’ …

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Tech and car firms including Apple are bringing back old-fashioned feature to gadgets and cars that customers love
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Tech and car firms including Apple are bringing back old-fashioned feature to gadgets and cars that customers love

Daily Mail  

Tech and car companies are ditching touch screens and bringing back physical buttons to their products. Companies such as BMW and Volkswagen are taking to implementing buttons instead of having touch screens that divert the driver's attention Tesla are one of the main manufacturers that continue to have full controls through the touchscreen interface, which experts have said are a …

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Editorial: Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract drivers
1 year ago

Editorial: Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract drivers

LA Times  

As cars go electric and get more technologically advanced, their interiors are increasingly being built around prominent dashboard touch screens. So it’s welcome news that an influential auto safety certification body in Europe is working on new standards that would push against car companies’ overreliance on distracting touch screens. Under new standards the European New Car Assessment Program plans to …

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Carmakers like VW are bringing back buttons because drivers loathe all the touch screens.
1 year, 11 months ago

Carmakers like VW are bringing back buttons because drivers loathe all the touch screens.

Slate  

You don’t see a lot of good news about road safety in the United States. “But really, it’s the cheapest way possible of building an interior.” Although they look fancy, Farah said that carmakers can purchase screens for less than $50, making them significantly less expensive than tactile controls. In a 2022 New York Times opinion piece titled “Touch Screens …

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Apple to produce touch screen Mac computers: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple to produce touch screen Mac computers: Report

Live Mint  

Apple Inc is working on adding touch screens to its Mac computers, a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy and embrace an approach that co-founder Steve Jobs once called “ergonomically terrible.” Apple engineers are actively engaged in the project, indicating that the company is seriously considering producing touch-screen Macs for the first time, according to people familiar with the …

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Hands Off! Halls of fame adapt to coronavirus concerns
4 years, 9 months ago

Hands Off! Halls of fame adapt to coronavirus concerns

Associated Press  

As part of a $22 million, court-to-dome renovation, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame replaced the static plaques honoring inductees with touch screens that display videos and career highlights. “In the short term, we’ll obviously have to adapt to if and how fans can interact with those,” said Todd Martin, a former pro tennis player and the hall’s CEO. …

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A red flag for upcoming elections: South Carolina debut's of new voting system plagued by problems
5 years ago

A red flag for upcoming elections: South Carolina debut's of new voting system plagued by problems

Salon  

When election officials in Richland County, South Carolina, where the state capital of Columbia is located, opened 152 polling places for the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary on February 29, they held their breath. The question is what caused it," said Duncan Buell, one of five Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Commission members and chair of the University of South …

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Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里”
5 years, 6 months ago

Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里”

China Daily  

Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里” Play audio file 一项研究估计，在英国家庭中，共堆积了多达四千万件不再被使用的旧电子产品。而且每一件产品中都含有多种珍贵且日益 “濒危” 的元素。 The Royal Society of Chemistry’s survey of more than 2,000 people revealed that almost half have between two and five old gadgets in their homes and most people have no plans to recycle them. 与此同时，对更先进的个人设备的需求日益增长。因此，科学家们说，回收我们的旧电子设备是唯一可持续的解决方案。 词汇 gadgets 电子产品，电子设备 estimated 估算的 devices 设备 elements 元素 languishing …

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Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里”
5 years, 6 months ago

Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里”

China Daily  

Millions of old gadgets 'stockpiled in drawers' 上千万件电子产品 “被堆放在抽屉里” Play audio file 一项研究估计，在英国家庭中，共堆积了多达四千万件不再被使用的旧电子产品。而且每一件产品中都含有多种珍贵且日益 “濒危” 的元素。 The Royal Society of Chemistry’s survey of more than 2,000 people revealed that almost half have between two and five old gadgets in their homes and most people have no plans to recycle them. 与此同时，对更先进的个人设备的需求日益增长。因此，科学家们说，回收我们的旧电子设备是唯一可持续的解决方案。 词汇 gadgets 电子产品，电子设备 estimated 估算的 devices 设备 elements 元素 languishing …

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