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**Jack Cook** · 11-07-07, 01:31 AM

There was an interesting article over at the The Red Ferret Journal about Nokia perfecting the touchscreen to have ‘touch feedback’. This is a HUGE technological breakthrough that will change how we deal with our devices. Don't be fooled with the imitations folks ... this is for real! You just press a key on the screen, and you feel the click under your finger just like on a regular keyboard ... very cool!! I'll bet the folks at Apple went "grrr"......

Roope Takala, Senior Program Manager at Nokia’s research labs gave me a demo of the technology in Finland the other day on a hacked N770 Internet tablet.

“The basic technology is not that difficult,” he explained, “We inserted two small piezo sensor pads under the screen and engineered in a 0.1mm movement in the screen itself. What’s taken the time has been fine tuning the movement and response to mimic exactly the sensation of pressing a real key.”

Check out Red's article here at the The Red Ferret Journal

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Jack Cook Blogger Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,057 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	The Tactile Touchscreen - A Nokia Innovation There was an interesting article over at the The Red Ferret Journal about Nokia perfecting the touchscreen to have ‘touch feedback’. This is a HUGE technological breakthrough that will change how we deal with our devices. Don't be fooled with the imitations folks ... this is for real! You just press a key on the screen, and you feel the click under your finger just like on a regular keyboard ... very cool!! I'll bet the folks at Apple went "grrr"...... Roope Takala, Senior Program Manager at Nokia’s research labs gave me a demo of the technology in Finland the other day on a hacked N770 Internet tablet. “The basic technology is not that difficult,” he explained, “We inserted two small piezo sensor pads under the screen and engineered in a 0.1mm movement in the screen itself. What’s taken the time has been fine tuning the movement and response to mimic exactly the sensation of pressing a real key.” Check out Red's article here at the The Red Ferret Journal View Original Blog Post