[Video] Cypress gives us finger-hover tracking touchscreens

Cypress Semiconductor has developed a new type of touchscreen which can track hover for “mouseover” selections.  The new technology will be supplied as a hover support module of Cypress’ TrueTouch capacitive touchscreens. Cypress already has screens touch screens in both the Samsung i8910 or Palm Pre. The new hover technology will allow you to use your finger with this new proximity sensor instead of directly touching the screen.

Press release after the break.