Why Your Phone Ignores Gloves but Not Your Finger

Your phone feels a fingertip but ignores a glove or a pencil pressing just as hard. It is not sensing pressure: under the glass is an invisible grid holding tiny pools of charge, and your finger steals a little. 00:00 What is the glass waiting for? 00:31 Pools of charge, and a sausage 01:13 Two fingers, hovering, palms 01:38 Wet screens, dry fingers, gloves 02:03 The glass sandwich, and the older kind 02:29 1965 to 2007 02:52 It is feeling you Hidden Machines opens up everyday things to show how they really work. #howitworks #engineering #touchscreen