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When you walk into McDonald's or Wendy's these days, you may notice a kiosk in the lobby with a touchscreen that allows you to place your order. In addition, self-checkouts in places like Wal-Mart are prime examples of where touchscreens are used almost exclusively. However, since Covid came about, this technology doesn't seem so attractive. A contactless transaction may be ideal, but you are making contact with countless others by touching the same screen that they have touched. Bio-metric scanners are becoming the norm in the workplace as many employees use them to clock in and out. A person may minimize their exposure to pathogens by using hand sanitizer, if it's available, but a face mask doesn't protect against the germs lurking on a touchscreen. The most common bacteria that can be found on a touchscreen are Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus (staph)… Click here
Outside of touchscreens, there may be a keypad, that others have touched, which requires you to enter some information to complete your purchase. Besides the contamination factor, the functionality of touchscreens isn't always what you perfect. Sometimes they are unresponsive, hesitate, or freeze altogether. People find this most annoying in their automobiles. Now, there is rarely a car rolling off the assembly line without a touch screen. Buttons used to provide drivers with muscle-memory, which aided in minimized distractions while operating their vehicles. Imagine a touchscreen keyboard if you type quite frequently. Touchscreens may still be okay for your cellular phone, besides the occasional pocket-dial, but they seem to present a wide range of other problems.