How do touchscreens work?

190123 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. How does a touchscreen work? Why can you text with your finger, but not with a q-tip? The physics of smartphones is a complicated and amazing mixture of engineering, physics, electronics and computer science. Topics:
Capacitive touch screen
Binary language
Unicode

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