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Touch screens began in British air traffic control
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Decades before smartphones revolutionized daily life, capacitive touch technology was developed in the 1960s for British air traffic control. Engineers needed a faster way for operators to select flight plans on radar screens without typing commands. These massive, glowing glass panels laid the forgotten groundwork for modern mobile interfaces.
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