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title: "FingerWorks: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "FingerWorks was a gesture recognition company based in the United States, known mainly for its TouchStream multi-touch keyboard. Founded by John Elias and Wayne Westerman of the University of Delaware in 1998, it produced a line of multi-touch products including the iGesture Pad and the TouchStream keyboard, which were particularly helpful for people suffering from RSI and other medical conditions."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fingerworks
type: Organization
wikidata: Q4038751
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FingerWorks
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# FingerWorks

> FingerWorks was a gesture recognition company based in the United States, known mainly for its TouchStream multi-touch keyboard. Founded by John Elias and Wayne Westerman of the University of Delaware in 1998, it produced a line of multi-touch products including the iGesture Pad and the TouchStream keyboard, which were particularly helpful for people suffering from RSI and other medical conditions.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1998-01-01
- Headquarters: Newark
- Status: subsidiary

## Ownership

Parent: [Apple Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-apple-inc.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on FingerWorks, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fingerworks#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4038751, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FingerWorks

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