It’s a force sensor, a pressure sensor, and a switch, all made completely out of fabric. The design of this fabric touch sensor is based around a non-woven resistive fabric made by Eeonyx.

If you’re afraid of spoilers, skip down to the video below the break now. [James Eckert] got his hands on a Freescale MPR121 capacitive touch sensor.

Apple is examining a shift from a force sensor in AirPods to a capacitive touch system to make a set easier to control, and provide new options. The latest in Apple's surprisingly long history of ...

A finger-heating effect has been observed on mutual capacitive touch sensors with plastic film overlay. The symptom is exhibited as serious sensitivity degradation when there is a greater than 10°C ...

The 3D Touch capability is made possible by a “capacitive sensor layer” that is located at the very back of the display panel. The 3D Touch sensor layer looks like a grid of golden rectangles ...