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In the middle of the clinic, staff gather around five touchscreens, each containing up-to-date information about patients from east Birmingham who are in hospital or making calls to the ambulance service.

Blackberry, for example, dominated the market with a device that paired a phone with a physical keyboard — until Apple introduced its groundbreaking iPhone with a touchscreen.

Many of the technologies we rely on today— from GPS to the internet to touchscreens — were originally funded by the U.S. government for wartime surveillance and communication.

In relation to the touchscreens, Ms Slovakova said one parking tablet was installed in an attempt to stop customers getting PCNs.

Then I discovered Ontario-based CoolJob’s touchscreen gardening gloves, which protect my hands while keeping them cool and allowing me to work my phone.