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[-] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you find that interesting, the history of pixels and computer displays gles far back.

They had pen touch displays all the way back in 1946, it's actually pretty interesting how long some of the tech that exploded in the mid 2000s has actually been around.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#:~:text=1983%20OPTICAL%20%2D%20An%20optical%20touchscreen,world's%20earliest%20commercial%20touchscreen%20computers.

https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-true-history-of-the-pixel/

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The public library in my town when I was a kid in the 80s replaced their card catalog with a touchscreen computer system. It barely worked, sometimes you had to press below where you were supposed to press, but the idea was cool.

[-] Dangdoggo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

That was a super interesting little dive thank you.

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