Hal Philipp: Inventor of the Modern Touch Screen

Mind Matters

Apr 11 2019 | 00:17:53

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Show Notes

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” Today, this is far from true. Small entrepreneurs fall in the shadows of large corporate giants like Google, Microsoft and Amazon. So what does it take to bring a clever idea to market? We talk to Hal Philipp, the inventor and entrepreneur who made touch screens inexpensive and whose technology is today used all over the world. Show Notes 00:35 | Introduction; Hal Philipp 01:40 | Robot boxer 04:05 | Tektronix, Optical Technology 07:50 | Automatic doors 09:30 | Automatic faucet 10:50 | Moving to England Read More ›

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