Cypress touchscreens track hovering fingers, make devices even more ‘magical’ (video)

If you’re reading this from a Samsung i8910 or Palm Pre, you’re already holding a Cypress-powered touchscreen, but chances are you’ve never given it a thought. That’s going to change, because this week the company demoed a killer app: TrueTouch screens that can detect fingers hovering over glass, not merely on it, allowing compatible software to finally register mouseover input. In other words, you won’t actually need to touch new touchscreens to zoom in on text or perform certain commands. Cypress expects to have the tech ready in Q2, but first it might have some explaining to do — we’re pretty sure Apple successfully patented this very idea in January. Plus, KIRF iPhone? See it in action after the break.

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