How Does a Touch Screen Work? (High-Tech Science)

Gray, Leon

ISBN 10: 1482403897 ISBN 13: 9781482403893

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

It seems simple: tap the screen of your smartphone to open an app, or swipe your finger across the screen to make the smartphone do something else. However, that touch screen has been years in the making and is a complex piece of what is now essential technology. Readers will find out how layers of glass, metal, and LEDs work together to make a touch screen work. Full-color images augment explanations of different kinds of touch screens. Readers will be captivated by the many uses touch screens have in the world today, from controlling machinery in a factory to helping surgeons perform medical procedures.

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Review

There is plenty of detail in the text, enough to satisfy any enquirer, and the excellent illustrative material supports this (Parents In Touch)

Book Description

Aimed at children aged 9+, this book helps children to find out more about how touchscreens works and how high-tech science has changed our world!

Edition details

• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1482403897
• ISBN 13: 9781482403893
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48