@inproceedings{villar2010the,
author = {Villar, Nicolas and Hodges, Steve},
title = {The peppermill: a human-powered user interface device},
booktitle = {2010 Tangible and Embedded 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 = {ACM},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/the-peppermill-a-human-powered-user-interface-device-2/},
pages = {29-32},
}