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  2. Touch switch - Wikipedia

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    A touch switch is a type of switch that only has to be touched by an object to operate. It is used in many lamps and wall switches that have a metal exterior as well as on public computer terminals. A touchscreen includes an array of touch switches on a display. A touch switch is the simplest kind of tactile sensor.

  3. Tactile technology - Wikipedia

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    Tactile technology is the integration of multi-sensory triggers within physical objects, allowing "real world" interactions with technology. It is similar to haptic technology , as both focus on touch interactions with technology, but whereas haptic is simulated touch, tactile is physical touch.

  4. Switch - Wikipedia

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    Three push button switches (Tactile Switches). Major scale is inches. The most familiar form of switch is a manually operated electromechanical device with one or more sets of electrical contacts, which are connected to external circuits. Each set of contacts can be in one of two states: either "closed" meaning the contacts are touching and ...

  5. Haptic technology - Wikipedia

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    Haptic devices may incorporate tactile sensors that measure forces exerted by the user on the interface. The word haptic, from the Ancient Greek: ἁπτικός (haptikos), means "tactile, pertaining to the sense of touch".

  6. What to know about switches, the device driving a rise in ...

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    Milwaukee police have recovered more switches, which can make guns fully automatic, every year since 2019. What to know about switches, the device driving a rise in automatic gunfire in Milwaukee ...

  7. List of keyboard switches - Wikipedia

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    Switch Type Actuation force Tactile force Actuation point Total travel Product code Durability (actuations) Cherry: Cherry: Black [1] Cherry MX Black: Linear: 0.60 N ...

  8. Keyboard technology - Wikipedia

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    This type of switch are usually composed of a housing, a spring, and a slider, and sometimes other parts such as a separate tactile leaf or clickbar. Cherry MX switch contacts. At rest, the metal contacts inside of the switch are held apart. As the switch is pressed down, the contacts are held together to conduct current for actuation.

  9. 60 Older People Share What They Had To Teach Their ...

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    so old it was the clicker type (yes, you pushed a mechanical switch that actually "clicked" to change the channel or turn it on/off). the sound of thunderstorms outside would occasionally change ...