How does Multitouch work?

Have you ever thought of your smartphone's multitouch as similar to your skins ability to sense touch? We take for granted being able to sense our environment, but designing an electronic device's ability to sense the environment is no trivial task. Learn about how multitouch works in this video! Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Or Join us on YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ/join Made by Teddy Tablante Table of Contents: Background Understanding: Electrons & Electric Fields, Capacitance Key Branches from this video are: Touchscreen Displays, Capacitors, Measuring Capacitance, Electric Fields Erratum: None… yet? Animation built using Blender 2.79b https://www.blender.org/ Post with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects Sound editing with Reaper Work Cited: 3M Touch Technology Brief. (2013). “Projected Capacitive Technology”  Barrett, Gary. Omote, Ryomei (March, 2010) Projected-Capacitive Touch Technology. Frontline Technology Fujitsu. (2012). "Capacitive Touch Sensors: Application Fields, Technology Overview and Implementation Example." Geaghan, Bernard O. (2013) United States Patent No. US8363031 B2. US. Kent, Joel et. Al. (2001). United States Patent No. US6297811 B1. US. Li, Tianhao et. Al. (2014) United States Patent No. US8823678 B2. US. Walker, Geoff. (June, 2014) Fundamentals of Projected-Capacitive Touch Technology. Intel Corporation SID Display Week Wikipedia contributors. "Touchscreen." "Skin."  Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, August 30th, 2018 Music Attribution in Order: Morning Dew from YouTube Audio Library Clover from YouTube Audio Library Under Cover by Wayne Jones from YouTube Audio Library Plaidness by Francis Preve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYh4HkYKnOo Sunburst, Tobu & Itro is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License http://www.7obu.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXBHD5C8do #Multitouch #How #Smartphone