Capacitor Value for Capacitive Touch Sensor

MarkT:
The value is by no means crucial - probably anything from a few hundred pF upto 0.1uF will work fine. Note that this circuit isn't protected from static discharge.

Thanks!

BTW I was vaguely aware of the static discharge issue, is it a real problem? How would I protect from it, I cannot ground the touch sensors, can I? That would make the thing not work.

Thanks again