Q&A for How to Make a Stylus

It should be possible if you roughly follow the instructions for the sponge method. Just remember that, if you have a capacitive screen, your fingers will need to be close to the screen when you use your stylus.

No. Duct tape is an insulator and would not let the energy from your finger transfer to the screen. The material needs to conduct energy.

The Nook has a resistive touch screen which only needs pressure to register contact, so yes, a chopstick will work.

Your fingers are an electrical conductor, much like aluminum foil, so when you're touching the aluminum foil, the phone registers it like a finger.

Yes, because the 3DS uses a pressure sensor rather than an electric conductor like your typical smartphone.

Capacitive touch screens work by applying a small current through the screen; it then detects when there is a voltage drop and where it is by the proximity of that voltage drop to the sensors. The pen is conductive, but it doesn't hold enough charge to create that voltage drop.

Make sure that the tip of your foil is flat, and also make sure that you are touching the foil itself.

You should push down until you hear a click. The stylus should then pop out and you can remove it. Do the same thing when you put it back it. Make sure it clicks so it stays in.

The aluminium foil one works great with a touch screen computer, I use it all the time.

Yes, it will work because it will still have the same type of screen.

Yes, as long as you follow the instructions carefully.

The aluminum foil one should work best on a Samsung Tab because it is a capacitive screen. I use the foil all the time.

The aluminium foil method or the sponge method as tablets use Capacitive Screens, so those two are the only ones that will work on those types of screens.

It should work as it is the same concept, a plastic cylinder with the sponge conducting the energy of your finger.

The aluminium foil one should work, because like most smartphones, it has a capacitive screen.

No, it won't, as it is an insulator and not a conductor. The foil conducts the electric impulses from your finger to the screen. Foil is pretty easy to get, too.

The sponge/pen method will work quite well, as the iPod has a capacitive screen.

Nope. The iPad uses a capacitive touch screen, and thus it would need an electrical conductor to work. Try using any of the other methods posted here.

The aluminium foil stylus because it has the same type of screen as a smartphone.

Yes, it will. It doesn't change the way that the touchscreen works.

Just try to use one of the other methods such as the foil or sandpaper method.

This will work for iPad Air, just follow the Capacitive stylus guides.

Yes, it does. For example, I'm using it for my Acer Chromebook (CB715-1W) right now. Aside from that, this (the aluminum foil method at least) should work on any capacitive touchscreen.

Yes, that would work, and that is the same method I used. It's also the easiest. Just don't forget to add water to the end of the Q-tip (the cotton side).

If you follow the instructions correctly, you can use a mechanical pencil, plastic pen, or literally anything of this shape and size with space for the cotton bud.

Remove the inside of a pen, cut a Q-tip at an angle, insert it into the hollowed-out pen (or a mechanical pencil), and wrap the pen (or whatever you're using) in aluminum foil (make sure that the foil is touching the Q-tip and that you are touching the foil at all times; this is the only way for current to travel.) Lastly, apply a drop of water to the end of the Q-tip. The water is essential, as it conducts the electrical current (which comes from your hand and travels down the aluminum foil, which, like water, is a conductor) to the screen, and the cotton is there so that you don't scratch the screen.

Method 3 works the best for Huawei because it has a capacitive touchscreen.

Styluses make no marks on the surface, yet pencils will make marks. So no, it shouldn't be used unless you cover up the tip while writing with it. Make sure the pencil tip is a little blunt to not create a sharp tip that may scratch the screen.

Considering the same setup shown, no, it is not possible to use the stylus without touching the aluminum foil with your hands. This is to disrupt the electrostatic field and make contact with the screen!