Exploring the Role of Touch screen In Our Daily Life

A touchscreen is an input device normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. A user can give input or control the information processing system through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with a special stylus/pen and-or one or more fingers. The touch screen enables user to interact directly on the display screen, without requiring any intermediate device. Touch screen is interactive, fast, user friendly and has simple interface, requires less space, low maintenance display screen. It has numerous applications in various industry sectors and daily use devices. This paper discuss about functions of touch screen, its components, types, advantages and some of its applications. The applications include use of touchscreen in different fields, like game consoles, ATMs, touch screen monitor, touch screen smart board, navigation device, ipads, tablet PCs, mobile phones, smart phones, entertainment, education, public information system, health care, transport, and banking.