<p>If you are planing on physically touching the brick that will then touch the screen then you could use a trick similar to that used by <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0069IUZPM" rel="nofollow">capacitive gloves</a></p>

<p>There just needs to be a conductive medium between your finger and the screen so you could add a thin strip of copper tape or anything metallic to bridge the gap between your finger and the touch screen that is created by the insulation of the plastic brick.</p>

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2016-07-06T19:30:03.327Z
2016-07-07T16:41:57.760Z
2016-07-07T16:41:57.760Z
mcqwerty
<p>This may not be entirely LEGO-related, but more related to touch screen technology.</p>

<p>I'd like the LEGO app brick (<a href="http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6103777" rel="nofollow">http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6103777</a>) to register a touch on a touch screen even if I'm not touching the brick. I'd like to put a LEGO construction with such bricks at the bottom on the screen, and register a touch event.</p>

<p>Is that at all possible?</p>

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2016-04-09T16:07:06.660Z
Saw something similar to this on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/legomindstorms/permalink/614663002015263/
David Lechner
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2016-05-09T22:45:25.273Z
Are you trying to set up a model where you can push a Lego brick and it pushes something that touches a button on a screen?
Craig
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2016-05-10T06:15:35.783Z
I want to do this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CgvnIYSiTE) with minifigures
Wouter Lievens
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Conductive "App Brick" without human contact
Wouter Lievens
# Conductive "App Brick" without human contact

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-18)

This may not be entirely LEGO-related, but more related to touch screen technology.

I'd like the LEGO app brick (<http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6103777>) to register a touch on a touch screen even if I'm not touching the brick. I'd like to put a LEGO construction with such bricks at the bottom on the screen, and register a touch event.

Is that at all possible?

**Tags:** software, electronics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Saw something similar to this on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/legomindstorms/permalink/614663002015263/  
> **username_2**: Are you trying to set up a model where you can push a Lego brick and it pushes something that touches a button on a screen?  
> **username_0**: I want to do this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CgvnIYSiTE) with minifigures  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-06. Score: 2

If you are planing on physically touching the brick that will then touch the screen then you could use a trick similar to that used by [capacitive gloves](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0069IUZPM)

There just needs to be a conductive medium between your finger and the screen so you could add a thin strip of copper tape or anything metallic to bridge the gap between your finger and the touch screen that is created by the insulation of the plastic brick.


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