To interact with a computer, you need an intermediary, something that receives data you input and translates it for your computer. This intermediary is an input device. Input devices for communication ...

Pen input has never really taken off in the computing mainstream, though it’s had somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. Various smartphones and tablets are shipping with the technology, ...

Styluses and smart pens may enhance productivity and creativity, but users can still encounter problems, especially outside of specifically compatible screens, tablets, notebooks or apps. Phree, a new ...

There are several complaints from readers experiencing problems with the audio drivers in their Windows 11/10 computers. The problem is that, after they restart their computers, they find that the ...

While there was lots of great info to come out of our Gamecom 2014 interview with Oculus VR, perhaps the most telling bit was the way the Oculus founder Palmer Luckey answered the question about an ...

These days, if you need to connect two devices via wire, you'll most likely use HDMI. This display protocol supports all sorts of device pairings. It lets you use your iPhone with an external display, ...

The Linux USB input subsystem is a single, harmonized way to manage all input devices. This is a relatively new approach for Linux, with the system being partly incorporated in kernel version 2.4 and ...

Haply Robotics presents a haptic input system with force and position feedback at CES 2026, intended to replace game ...

For those who play video games, a fraction of a second, say, the time it takes to move your hand from keyboard to mouse, can be enough to lose a soldier, building or entire army. For this reason ...

Around here, we love it when someone identifies a need and creates their own solution. In this case, [Engineer Bo] was tired of endless and imprecise scrolling with a mouse wheel. No off-the-shelf ...