Researchers at one of Japan's top industrial units, Toray, have come up with a solution to modern-life's little annoyances -- greasy, fingerprint-smeared tablet touchscreens.
Using nanotechnology that Toray claims can easily be applied in phone or tablet touchscreen manufacturing, scientists discovered a minutely and randomly wrinkled surface that makes human finger marks hard to stick to. The Japanese are not the only ones on the trail of annoying grease marks. US-based computer accessories maker Targus already has a line of fingerprint-resistant screen protectors on the market for phones and plans to launch one for the iPad in April. Like the Japanese invention, Targus's new film works on having a microscopically moulded uneven surface. (tabtimes.com)
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