Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume. This Monday, a new generation of touch screens that work without contact to avoid transmitting microbes.
The innovation of the day is a new generation of touch screens that work without contact to avoid transmitting microbes.
It is not for nothing that we are often offered hydroalcoholic gel next to the touch terminals. They are real germ nests! We even found fecal matter on some terminals in fast food restaurants and train stations. Hence the idea of a touch screen that you do not need to touch.
As soon as you approach your finger, there is a small indicator (like a mouse pointer) that will show the place you are aiming. And when we want to click, we wait a small second or we make a movement in the air, as if we were pressing an invisible button, and presto! It validates.
Where are we going to find these contactless touch screens?
First on the ticket machines. Then on the famous tactile terminals of fastfoods and stations.
Until now, antibacterial films have been used instead, which destroy microbes as they go. Problem, it's not instantaneous. It takes at least 10 minutes to disinfect everything. While with this system, there is no risk since we do not touch the screen at all.
Is this a system that could be found on phones?
We don't know about phones, but it will happen on luxury cars. This is a technology originally developed by the manufacturer Jaguar and the University of Cambridge to avoid fingerprints on their touch screens. But with the pandemic, it's the perfect technology since we're all a little paranoid about touching anything.