Perceptive Pixel’s stylus-based display, now part of Microsoft. The concept of the stylus as an input for computing has been around for a long time, with people dragging items around the screen ...

If an alien came down to earth and asked what that plastic stick is that comes with phones like the Samsung Galaxy Note or Microsoft’s Surface Pro, most people would likely respond “a stylus.” ...

No company has tried to make the stylus the Next Big Thing as much as Microsoft, and it’s pushing harder than ever with the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update. And though it’ll be a ...

Microsoft is considering whether to release a stylus that could, after a software upgrade, interact with almost any existing display or device. Researchers at the company’s Silicon Valley site ...

Microsoft has not forgotten about the once ubiquitous stylus, however. A team of researchers within the company has been hard at work developing a new prototype stylus.

Big news in the technology world: Microsoft is working on a stylus that will work on any screen. That means that the company could roll out a pen-based solution to make any screen scribalable.

Drawing and other artistic apps still benefit from the precision of a stylus, and Microsoft Research has come up with a way to make a digital pen far more useful by making it aware of how you’re ...

Microsoft doesn't say whether Plumbago will be available for Android or iOS devices, but it does explicitly mention supporting the stylus on its own Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4. "Depending on ...

This is just the beginning, says Ken Hinckley of Microsoft Research Labs. We’re on the edge of a major stylus renaissance, in which pen computing will be just as common as touch computing.

But based on the work going on in Microsoft Research, the stylus still isn't close to reaching its full potential. Microsoft researchers have put together an impressive demonstration of what just ...

Microsoft's Surface Pen has served the same general purpose for a few years now, but the firm had been looking at ways to change that. Now, a new patent titled "Flexible Carpenter's Stylus With ...

A stylus with unique properties has been patented by Microsoft that we hope gets produced at some point. The stylus can determine the color of a physical object by holding the tip to it.