@inproceedings{villar2010the,
author = {Villar, Nicolas and Hodges, Steve},
title = {The Peppermill: a Human-powered User Interface Device},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction},
year = {2010},
month = {January},
abstract = {A human-powered user interface device sources its power from the physical effort required to operate it. This paper describes a technique by which a geared DC motor and a simple circuit can be used to enable interaction-powered rotary input devices. When turned, the circuit provides a temporary power source for an embedded device, and doubles as a sensor that provides information about the direction and rate of input. As a proof of concept, we have developed a general-purpose wireless input device – called the Peppermill – and illustrate its capabilities by using it as a remote control for a multimedia-browsing application.},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/the-peppermill-a-human-powered-user-interface-device/},
edition = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction},
}