Touch screen has been very popular these days. People in most in various industries are dealing with touch screen gadgets at some point in their work life or even personal life. Take the case of the touch screen pos system that is being used in some if not most of businesses these days. While there may be old school merchants who are too scared of technology to upgrade too stingy to spend on new pos system and the like, there are some who see the advantages that these touch screen monitors offer in terms of speed of service and satisfaction of customers.
We live in a fast world where the faster it is the better. From the slow speed of typing up to the comfort of computer encoding and now we have touch screens where we can operate things at a click. The world is indeed at our fingertips and if you have this in your business, you know for a fact that it is of big help to you, your employers, your customers and your business in general. Considering the help that touch screen pos and other touch screen gadgets offer its users, it is a must to learn a thing or two about its history, where it came from, who developed it and so on.
Most historians say that touch screen started in the 60's and was invented by EA Johnson from UK. He even published a book about the use of touch screen technology in air traffic. Little did he know that not only will the airline industry benefit from this capacities touch screen as after40 years, it is use in most if not all things. In the 70s, Sam Hurst of Elographic developed touch sensor. His elograph is far from the touch sensors now but it was a rough draft of it. Over the years, there were developments in the touch screen as the surface eventually became transparent.
The 80s mark the manufacturing of HP 150 which is basically a personal home computer that utilizes touch screen technology. This is where most scientists, inventors and researchers have started to find uses of touch screen in other field and industries. In the 90s, smart phones as well as other handheld devices stared to enter the scene. 2000 marks the birth of tablet computers where one do not need to carry a big and bulky laptop but as a simple tablet which is no thicker than a hardbound book.