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touch
touch One of the five
senses, functioning by means of specialized nerve receptors in the skin. The stimulated receptors activate nerve impulses that are sent to the brain.
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Carroll Touch, AMP Inc.'s Texas-based subsidiary, announces addition of resistive overlay touch input systems to its product line.
PR Newswire; 10/21/1986; 700+ words
; ...overlays used in Carroll's Touch's new products are based on...features. The overlay is a touch sensor consisting of a bottom...the system, the user merely touches the display, causing the layers...identify the exact location of the touch. Unlike most competitive systems...
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Carroll Touch acquires assets and product lines of Touch Technology Inc.
PR Newswire; 10/21/1986; 700+ words
; ...Texas, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Carroll Touch, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets and product lines of Touch Technology, Inc. (TTI), an Annapolis...based manufacturer of resistive overlay touch systems. The contract price was not disclosed...
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Carroll Touch demonstrates ruggedness of guided wave touch with underwater exhibit.
Business Wire; 3/19/1996; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1996--Carroll Touch, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of touch products, went under water to demonstrate the ruggedness of its new guided wave touch sensors at CeBIT '96 here. In its booth...
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A touch better: 3M Touch Systems seeks to conquer the touchscreen space with its latest generation of capacitive products.(VENDOR PROFILE)
Magazine article from: Casino Journal; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...iPods. However, as the good people at 3M Touch Systems are quick to point out, just because...We have the broadest experience of any touch supplier within the gaming segment and...manager for Methuen, Mass.-based 3M Touch Systems. Our sensor technology and electronics...
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Touch Screens Become New Display Touchstones.
M2 Presswire; 3/13/2008; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2008-iSuppli: Touch Screens Become New Display Touchstones(C)1994...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12032008 El Segundo, Calif. -- Touch screens have the Midas touch for growth, spurring a flood of competition, technologies...
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Touch-Screen Shipments Expected to Reach 833 Million by 2013.
M2 Presswire; 5/20/2008; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2008-iSuppli: Touch-Screen Shipments Expected to Reach 833...elegant user interface, global shipments of touch-screen display modules are expected to...about 60 companies plan to show off their touch-screen sensor, module or system technology...
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Touch International makes European acquisition; This week Austin-based touch technology manufacturer purchases controlling rights to European Touch International franchise.
M2 Presswire; 3/30/2004; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-30 March 2004-Touch International Corporation: Touch International makes European acquisition; This week Austin-based touch technology manufacturer purchases controlling rights to European Touch International franchise(C...
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Touch-sensitive displays simplify user interfaces. (includes related article on Visage Inc.'s Touchmate touch-sensitive monitor pedestal and a directory of vendors) (Technology Update) (Buyers Guide)
Magazine article from: EDN; 5/13/1993; ; 700+ words
; Touch screens' graphic appeal make today's complex...computer-operating experience to use a touch-input device. Options appear on the screen, and the user makes a selection with a touch of the finger. In addition, touch systems...
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Touch in humans.(The Communicative Functions of Touch in Humans, Nonhuman Primates, and Rats: A Review and Synthesis of the Empirical Research)
Magazine article from: Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; TOUCH IN HUMANS Touch in Infancy The importance of touch in infancy cannot be overstated. Touch is one of the first functional modalities to mature in the infant, and it continues to play a fundamental role throughout the infant's life (Rubin...
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ONE TOUCH Systems Names Katherine Leary CEO To Expand Interactive Distance Learning Market.
Business Wire; 2/2/1999; 700+ words
; ...Communications Industry Veteran To Lead ONE TOUCH Systems' Expanded Venture with Partners Hughes Network Systems, Apollo Group ONE TOUCH Systems, the pioneer and leading supplier...Marketing. Leary succeeds Craig Conway, ONE TOUCH Systems' CEO and President since 1997...
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touch
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
touch / tə ch / • v. [ tr. ] 1. come so...touched a strand of her hair | she lowered her head to touch his fingers with her lips. ∎ ( touch something to ) move a part of one's body to bring it...
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Touch
Book article from: Biology
Touch Touch is one of the five major sensory channels by which humans sample and experience their environment. The word "touch" describes the sensory experience resulting from gentle contact of the...
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Touch Screens
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...maintain and repair. Touch screens are used, like...the cursor, the user touches the screen to position...precise location, a touch screen often works with...the screen to detect a touch). A 4-wire resistive...electricity. When the user touches the screen, the sheets...
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Therapeutic Touch
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Therapeutic touch Definition Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing derived from an...hands of the practitioner to the patient. Origins Therapeutic touch was developed in 1972 by Dora Kunz, a psychic healer, and Dolores...
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touch screen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
touch screen An input device that responds to the touch of a stylus, which may be a finger, so that the stylus position on the screen may be estimated. It is thus a touch-sensitive locator . The stylus could be used, say, to...
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