MEMO5 #3 - Video game controllers

From left to right: Nicolas Nova, Apo and Pippeauletsu

After a podcast dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of Mega DriveAnd while we're waiting for the next show to be devoted to a console - we'll let you guess which one - we're bringing you a little MEMO5 on the evolution of joysticks. Our shock reporter Pippeauletsu was able to interview during a short visit to Paris, Nicolas Novaa Swiss researcher at the Near Future Laboratory and co-author with Laurent Bolli of the book Joypads! Joystick design (2013).

The participants in this podcast are :

Erratum : There is a confusion between capacitive and resistive; it is smartphones that have always used capacitive screens, which can be used with the finger and the fingertip. multi-touchwhen Nintendo only went through with the Switch - even though their resistive screens had the merit of being fairly accurate compared with what is sometimes available on the market (cameras and so on).

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