Qeexo’s Touch Screen Tech Can Distinguish Fingernails from Knuckles

Increasing the ways users can prod touch screens could open up new features on mobile devices. MIT Technology Review reports.

As smartphones skyrocketed in popularity, we got used to using our fingertips to navigate their touch screens with pokes, taps, swipes, and two-finger pinches. There’s more to our fingers than just the tips, though, and a startup called Qeexo aims to take advantage of this with technology that can differentiate between fingertips, nails, and knuckles.

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