F-Origin zTouch 3.0 Force-Sensing Touch Screens

F-Origin is the leading supplier of force-sensing touch screens with offices in Silicon Valley and North Carolina is launching their new zTouch 3.0 touch screen technology at the SID International Symposium and Exhibition this week. zTouch enables users to control ebook navigation and management, such as turning pages, making selections by touch or through gestures and hand writing recognition. The zTouch 3.0 ’s functionality and design are a great fit for ebooks and other products that are using electronic paper displays. They called it Haptitouch and it has tactile feedback that is pretty cool..I heard Nokia are launching tactile feedback phones this year too

( The 46th SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, dubbed Display Week 2008, will take place Sunday, May 18 through Friday, May 23,2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA )

The zTouch 3.0 demo unit – as well as a 15″ point-of-sale device – will be on display at the SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition from May 20-22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. F-Origin and PVI will be exhibiting the zTouch 3.0 demo unit at booth number 627 on the showroom floor. In addition, Scott Liu will be speaking at the Exhibitor Forum to explain the details and benefits of the F-Origin solution for PVI’s ePaper displays. The forum, titled “A Human Interface for eReader – PVI’s Innovation in Making eReader more User Friendly,” will take place in West Exhibit Hall B at 12:00 PM on May 20th.

Additional zTouch 3.0 Features:

-Extremely high-design flexibility
-High durability
-Simple interface touch gestures
-Low battery consumption
-Variable touch sensitivity and high resolution
-Optimal light throughput
-Handwriting recognition and variable touch sensitivity
-Software-controlled activation level
-Easily integrated with virtually any operating system