Synaptics’ Sensa eliminates unintentional thumb touches on your tablet screen

It's a little buggy, but the idea behind Sensa is pretty neat.

Synaptics ForcePad takes touch computing to whole new level (hands-on demo)

Synaptics believes its ForcePad, ClickPad, and ThinTouch Keyboard will be key to modernizing the user interface for computers.

Synaptics ForcePad: But does it type in ALL CAPS when you hit it hard?

Synaptics announced today that is releasing three new touch-focused technologies for laptops and other mobile devices: ForcePad, ThinTouch, and ClearPad. But the most interesting new technology is ForcePad ...

Synaptics shows how touch controls will change in the next year

Synaptics showed off how touch controls will change in the next year at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Synaptics has a big market share in touch application hardware and it showed off its latest products at the show.

In the …

Atmel enables slimmer and more precise touchscreen and charger chips

Chip maker Atmel is delivering technology advances at the Consumer Electronics Show that will result in better touchscreens and chargers. This means we’ll soon have thinner, more accurate and more battery-efficient gadgets to buy.

Each year, touch technology is getting …

Synaptics hires former AMD executive as CEO

Synaptics, the maker of touch pads and other input devices for computers and phones, has hired former Advanced Micro Devices executive Rick Bergman as its new chief executive.

Bergman will lead Synaptics into the future of human interfaces for computers, …

Touchscreen inventor: Forget 3D, haptics is the future of mobile screens

Now that capacitive touchscreens have become the standard in mobile devices, many are looking for  the next big innovation.

3D is one possibility — smartphones featuring the technology like the Evo 3D are already available. But according to Synaptics technology …