To make them sensitive to the deflection caused by pressure, the researchers carved grooves in the fibres along their length so that the bouncing of the light was less efficient at the point where pressure was applied.
This kept the weight under 2lbs, and still kept it thin enough to take advantage of our great Windows work for inking and give you a great inking experience (like pressure sensitive inking, ability to do kanji, great sketching).
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If Microsoft is content to let us do everything with a single point of contact at a time, or at best two points (in the case of pinch and rotate) what good is 10-finger pressure-sensitive multitouch when it comes to navigating an OS or actually getting things done?
ENGADGET: Stantum multitouch Slate PC prototype hands-on Hands-on
For now, aeroplanes and rotors are not slathered routinely with temperature-and pressure-sensitive paints because their sensitivity needs to be improved.
"The price surge of daily life items has caused mental pressure on those wage earners who are sensitive to prices, " said Wang Shuixiong, a sociologist with Renmin University in Beijing.
The 10-inches of real estate don't seem to hamper Stantum's multitouch, ultra-sensitive and pressure-simulating resistive touchscreen technology one bit.
ENGADGET: Stantum multitouch Slate PC prototype hands-on Hands-on
Because growth-stock buyers are sensitive to long-term interest rates, the stocks will be under pressure with strong GDP growth.
It is likely Mr Boehner is acting under pressure from his own Republican colleagues, who are sensitive to any suggestion they are being ignored.
Correspondents say the notice comes at a sensitive time in Pakistani politics, as Islamabad is under increasing US pressure to eliminate the Taliban and al-Qaeda along the Afghan border.
The government also seems sensitive to the criticism it has attracted, not only over the new law but by its pressure on the independent media.
Just in time to celebrate the company's five year anniversary, this world's first pressure-sensitive Bluetooth 4.0 stylus for new iPad showcases just what Ten One Design is all about: innovation, design and passion for cutting-edge technology.
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As a material highly sensitive to the environment, graphene could act as a sensor with a single device measuring strain, gas, magnetism or pressure.
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