In a Macgyver-esque approach, the researchers hollowed out a ballpoint pen and inserted two optical fibers connected to a light-tight box where they recorded the pen's movement. They also made a ...

A new fiber-optic pen may help reveal the unique brain patterns in people with writing and reading disabilities, such as dyslexia. Engineers at the University of Washington created the device by ...

On the left the new Sharp LCD Optical touchpad on their new laptops and on the right an image from Microsoft’s vision of the future where computer mice are replaced with dynamical optical interfaces.

For less than $100, University of Washington researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they ...

A new 3.5-inch LCD is out from Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, and it features direct input via optical pen. Touch screen LCDs are nothing new, but that's beside the point — since this setup ...

In the ongoing quest to eliminate bezels on smartphones in favor of full-front displays, smartphone makers have gotten creative with their designs. Apple, for example, opted for a bigger version of ...

For less than $100, researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write. For less ...