How Does It Work?

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  1. Shirley Martin

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    My range hood has touch button controls. Just the slightest touch of a finger changes functions. I never gave any thought to how this works. This morning, I had just finished wiping my hands with a paper towel and had it still wrapped on my hand. I touched the button to turn the exhaust fan on with the finger covered by the paper towel. ..... Nothing..... I pressed a little harder..... still nothing. I took the paper towel off and brushed the button ever so lightly. The fan came on. How does that work? Obviously, it's not pressure that turns it on. But what?
     
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    My iPad doesn't work through a paper towel either...no matter how hard I press.
     
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    I wonder why? I hope some of the techie men can tell us.
     
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    Hmmmm? I guess they don't know, either. :confused:
     
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    The same thing happens when I my finger is slightly damp when I try to use my laptop. :)
     
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  6. Shirley Martin

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    Maybe it's a magical power that only we women have. :D
     
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    Maybe we have already been implanted with the chip and paper towels and having damp fingers interfere with the chip connecting to our tech gadgets!:eek:
     
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    Ha ha..except that a stylus also works on my iPad. :)
     
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  9. Shirley Martin

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    Naaah, it's woman magic. :D
     
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    Well of course...the stylus has its own "chip". :D
     
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    You mean like twitching my nose and the dishes are instantly washed, dried, and put away? :p
     
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    Nope. You need a man for that.
     
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    I've got that too! :D But since his vision is fading away, I often pull still dirty dishes out of the cabinet...so now I'm he's learning how to load the dishwasher. ;)
     
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    It must be brand dependent. The appliances in our house are touch controls.
    • I leave finger prints on them, when I use them.
    • My wife fusses at me for leaving fingerprints
    • My wife wipes the fingerprints off with a bounty towel and the stuff turns on and off and changes settings, etc.
    • Which is apparently all my fault.
    I can fold a single sheet of bounty and simulate 2 sheets and both my Kindle and Smartphone (LG) work. I can fold the sheet over again, simulating 4 sheets and the Kindle no longer works, but Smartphone does. Another fold to simulate 8 sheets does not work on the Smartphone.

    I did not attempt any of this on the appliances, lest my wife see me and think I have committed to a new precedent.
     
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    I just tried again with a single layer paper towel on my finger and couldn't get it to type on my iPad.
     
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