Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was a hotbed of Internet of things products, most of which were plain dumb. But CES simply reflected the naïveté that permeates most IoT efforts. I’m reminded of ...

It’s often said that what’s inside matters more than one’s looks, but it’s hard to argue that a product’s looks and its physical user experience are what makes it instantly recognizable. When you ...

Aito BV's UX Design Studio development tool is meant to streamline the creation of “user experience” (UX) designs for physical user interfaces based on the company's software enhanced piezo (SEP) ...

Capacitive touch interfaces are replacing mechanical switches, knobs, and dials in consumer, automotive, industrial and medical applications. Capacitive touch sensors have gained popularity due to ...

It’s often said that what’s inside matters more than one’s looks, but it’s hard to argue that a product’s looks and its physical user experience are what makes it instantly recognizable. When you ...

In the digital world, the user interface is the medium of communication. It is the surface at which humans interact with the functionalities provided by machines—whether hardware or software. As such, ...

In most design companies, the chip-level physical implementation teams responsible for design floorplanning in place and route (P&R) environments also manage top-level physical verification from the ...

As an extension of a surgeon, surgical robotic system design extends to inter-team communication dynamics. With all the talk in the industry about medical robots, it is best to first define what that ...

After years of criticism and complaints by drivers, the tide seems to be definitively turning against the use of touch screens and capacitive-touch switches to control commonly used functions in ...