Paper generators: harvesting energy from touching, rubbing and sliding

Authors:
Mustafa Emre Karagozler;Ivan Poupyrev;Gary K. Fedder;Yuri Suzuki
Affiliations:
Disney Research Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Disney Research Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Disney Research Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We present a new energy harvesting technology that generates electrical energy from a user's interactions with paper-like materials. The energy harvesters are flexible, light, and inexpensive, and they utilize a user's gestures such as tapping, touching, rubbing and sliding to generate electrical energy. The harvested energy is then used to actuate LEDs, e-paper displays and various other devices to create novel interactive applications, such as enhancing books and other printed media with interactivity.