Touch screen-based mobile phones are the new generation of phones which brought with them several improvements in terms of interfaces, adaptability, usability and beauty. On the other side, the use of large touch screens made buttons no longer necessary, bringing new barriers to usability. But even with the breakthrough in the touch screen market, some people still have problems regarding mobil...

The purpose of this exploratory study was to characterize college student beliefs about where it is acceptable to touch and be touched by other students in casual social interactions. Undergraduate students at a residential university (N = 242) and at a local community college (N = 200) completed the Touch Survey. The survey measures beliefs about touching in social interactions. Hierarchical c...

Touch sensing is a fundamental approach in human-to-machine interfaces, and is currently under widespread use. Many current applications use active touch sensing technologies. Passive touch sensing technologies are, however, more adequate to implement low power or energy harvesting touch sensing interfaces. This paper presents a passive touch sensing technique based on the fact that the human b...