I was shocked at what I had just done, so I laughed out loud. I was there, in a house in the Swiss mountains, lying comfortably on a sofa. I was reading Canetti's Crowds and Power, a solid 400-page book. And then, as my eyes were approaching the end of yet another page, I swiped upwards. Read More >>

Leap Motion's amazing-looking gesture control debuted last May, and it's had developers crawling all over it ever since. Now, the company is finally getting ready to sell it to you—and it'll only cost about £75 all-in. Read More >>

This is at once pretty cool and also very, really, incredibly silly and dumb. But that's not a bad thing! Here's Lenovo's Horizon desktop computer. It's half Minority Report, half newjack board game. Oh, and also a full Windows 8 all-in-one computer. Read More >>

There's a hackneyed scientific description of what it means to touch things: your arse never actually "touches" a chair when you sit down, so it goes, but instead is repelled because of electrons that come up against each other. But is that really the case? Read More >>

A weird glitch with Apple's iPhone 5 has been uncovered, which sees touch input drop out when the phone's display is continuously stimulated. It's pretty niche and unlikely to break anything too seriously, but it might effect some gaming uses if left unchecked. Read More >>

Imagine if you picked up a ceramic teapot and it felt hairy, of if you ran your hand across a counter top and it felt like sandpaper. That's exactly the kind of thing researchers at the cutting edge of touch interfaces are trying to do, by changing the way everyday objects feel using a weak electric signal fed through a user's entire body. Read More >>

Robots aren't known for their gentle touch and thoughtful caress, but that could all be about to change. A team of engineers has developed a robotic finger that's capable of detecting textures — and it's more sensitive than a human hand. Read More >>

Gesture control as we know it is rudimentary at best. But a new San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has just announced a new 3D motion control system that its claims is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market — and it's set to be pretty cheap too. Read More >>

According to those who enjoy keeping track of RIM's performances, the BlackBerry maker is preparing to reveal its first BB10 device in the summer, with a launch of the new hardware and software combo set for this autumn. Read More >>

This is Rechner, a new app for iOS. It's a calculator, but not an ordinary one. For one, it's prettier and much simpler. But, most importantly, it's fully gestural, designed for a touchscreen. According to its creators, it's 200 per cent more efficient than a regular calculator. Read More >>

If you loved the latest iCade controllers for iPhone and iPad, you are going to want to have sex with their new iCade 8-Bitty, a Nintendo-style gamepad controller with eight buttons. Read More >>

Devices like the Windows Surface have been in development for what feels like an age, and delivered very little. Now 3M Touch Systems is showing off a 46-inch prototype touchscreen table at CES that allows up to 60 touch points, and sounds like it might actually be useful. Read More >>

My desk is boring. My walls are boring. My windows are boring. I need to liven them up by turning them into musical instruments that detect and recognise my touch. Fortunately, that's cheaper and easier than it sounds. Read More >>

Those crazy cats at Tokyoflash are at it again, but this time they're sending you through a time warp to when Gentlemen wore pocket watches, not those newfangled wrist-clocks. Read More >>

Hankering for some POV action shots of this winter's snowboarding exploits, but can't swing a GoPro? No Problemo. Just strap your iPhone 4/S to your noggin with this. Read More >>