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Pen-shaped instrument used as a human-computer interface
In computing, a stylus is a small pen-shaped instrument whose tip position on a computer monitor can be detected. It is used to draw, or make selections by tapping. While devices with touchscreens such as laptops, smartphones, game consoles, and graphics tablets can usually be operated with a fingertip, a stylus can provide more accurate and controllable input. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Stylus (computing)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Finger tracing or stylus tracing? Investigating the tracing effect on a computer screenInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: E-tivitiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Computer as Stylus and AudienceCited 61 times
- Go sideways: Digital penA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Active penA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
E-tivitiesGilly Salmon · 2002
Working VirtuallyTrina Hoefling · 2001
Delivering learning on the NetMartin Weller · 2002
Augmented LearningEric Klopfer · 2008
Leading the e-Learning Transformation of Higher EducationGary E. Miller, Meg Benke · 2013
Catalyst in ActionBret Eynon, Laura M. Gambino · 2018
The online learning handbookAlan Jolliffe · 2001
The knowledge webMarc Eisenstadt, Tom Vincent · 1998
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🔗 Related topics
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- Active pen An active pen (also referred to as active stylus) is an input device that includes electronic components and allows users to write directly onto the display…
- Touchscreen A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of display that can detect touch input from a user to do a specific task. It consists of both an input device…
- Capacitive sensing In electrical engineering, capacitive sensing (sometimes capacitance sensing) is a technology, based on capacitive coupling, that can detect and measure…
- Stylus 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…
- Pointing device A pointing device is a human interface device that allows a user to input spatial (i.e., continuous and multi-dimensional) data to a computer. Graphical…
- Graphics tablet A graphics tablet (also known as a digitizer, digital graphic tablet, pen tablet, drawing tablet, external drawing pad or digital art board) is a computer…
- Pen computing Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a digital pen or stylus and tablet, over input devices such as a keyboard or a mouse. Historically…