Everything about Stylus
Writing implement or small tool for marking or shaping
A stylus is a writing implement or tool for scribing or marking into softer materials. Different styluses were used to write in cuneiform by pressing into wet clay, and to scribe or carve into a wax tablet. Very hard styluses are also used to engrave metal, and the slate and stylus system is used to punch out dots to write in Braille. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: StylusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Comparison of a VR Stylus with a Controller, Hand Tracking, and a Mouse for Object Manipulation and Medical Marking Tasks in Virtual RealityInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Nineteenth century Boston CollegeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Comparison of surface roughness measurements by stylus profiler, AFM and non-contact optical profilerCited 415 times
- Go sideways: Stylus (computing)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Graphics tabletA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing. A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
Noun A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
Noun A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
Noun A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Comparison of surface roughness measurements by stylus profiler, AFM and non-contact optical profiler
Stylus profiling instrument for measuring statistical properties of smooth optical surfaces
Comparison of optical and stylus methods for measurement of surface texture
Stylus ion trap for enhanced access and sensing
Theoretical upper and lower bounds on typing speed using a stylus and a soft keyboard
Understanding performance in touch selections: Tap, drag and radial pointing drag with finger, stylus and mouse
STyLuS * : A Temporal Logic Optimal Control Synthesis Algorithm for Large-Scale Multi-Robot Systems
The stylus or scratch method for thin film adhesion measurement: some observations and comments
🆕 Influential since 2022
Comparison of a VR Stylus with a Controller, Hand Tracking, and a Mouse for Object Manipulation and Medical Marking Tasks in Virtual Reality
Results of a Surface Roughness Comparison between Stylus Instruments and Confocal Microscopes
Elimination of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium Using an Agricultural Waste Product of Crude Corn Silk (Stylus maydis) and Corn Silk Treated with Sulphuric Acid
Comparison of Optical and Stylus Methods for Surface Texture Characterisation in Industrial Quality Assurance of Post-Processed Laser Metal Additive Ti-6Al-4V
FeelPen: A Haptic Stylus Displaying Multimodal Texture Feels on Touchscreens
📚 Books worth reading
Nineteenth century Boston CollegeCharles F. Donovan · 1982
The stylus phantasticus and free keyboard music of the North German baroqueCollins, Paul · 2005
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🔗 Related topics
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