On 7/10/07, ygor@comcast.net <ygor@comcast.net> wrote:
> A pointy fingernail ?
Wikipedia on Capacitive Touch Screens
> A capacitive touch panel must be touched by hand or other conductive objects.
> Contact with a conductive object results in a capacitance change, which can be
> detected for example by a using an oscillator or a bridge circuit.
A pointy fingernail might work, but those are attached to a hand which
theoretically would conduct the signal. I suppose if you made the nib
out of a little bit of cheap conductive material, you would have your
pen nib to type/draw with. I don't have an iPhone to test that theory
with, though.
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