Before touchscreens became the standard form of interaction with our phones, devices, and electronics, they were the Ph.D. thesis project of a graduate student at the University of Delaware, who was funded by a scholarship from the National Science Foundation. Wayne Westerman’s dissertation developed the multi-touch capability that was necessary for touchscreens to take off as a commercial product. The company that he and his Ph.D. adviser started was purchased by Apple, incorporated into the iPhone, and the rest is history.
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