1991 video of the HCIL touchscreen toggle switches (University of Maryland)

Catherine Plaisant** · 38K views · 2011 · 6:40

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Demonstrates early touchscreen toggle switch designs from 1991, showcasing pioneering HCI research on user interface safety and interaction.

Linked by 3 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including ycombinator.com, umd.edu, kit.com, codedocs.org.

Cited in 4 Wikipedia articles, including Touchscreen, Lock screen, University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab.