Everything that can be invented has been invented.
Charles H. Duell Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
The idea of Exertion Interfaces has been made available to the public extensively. This papers section lists articles, posters and presentations that were presented at academic conferences.
Exertion Interfaces got the first academic recognition at the User Interface Software and Technology Symposium in Paris in 2002 (UIST '02). The published paper is available here:
exertioninterfaces_uist.pdf (PDF, 2 pages, 300 KB)
At the same conference, a poster was shown. Read this if you want the fastest overview. It is available in three different resolutions:
exertioninterfaces_poster_screen.pdf (PDF, 700 KB, for onscreen viewing)
exertioninterfaces_poster_print.pdf (PDF, 6 MB, for printing)
exertioninterfaces_poster_press.pdf (PDF, 13 MB, for high-quality, poster-size
printing)
A more in-depth paper was shown at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Florida in 2003, USA (CHI '03).
exertioninterfaces_chi.pdf (PDF, 8 pages, 700 KB)
The Powerpoint presentation held at this conference requires Powerpoint XP (2002) for the animation. The video in this distribution is not included and shoult be downloaded separately.
exertioninterfaces_presentation.zip (ZIP, 30 slides, 4 MB)
Exertion Interfaces evolved out of a thesis in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, and was carried out at Media Lab Europe, MIT Media Lab's European Research Partner.
Exertion Interfaces led to a thesis in Media, Arts, and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA. It got rewarded an A+. Thesis supervisors were Rosalind W. Picard, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab, and Stefan Agamanolis, Principal Research Scientist, Media Lab Europe. Thesis reader was Ted Selker, Associate Professor MIT Media Lab.
The thesis (158 pages) is available in three different resolutions:
thesis_florian_mueller_screen.pdf (PDF, 7 MB, for onscreen viewing)
thesis_florian_mueller_ebook.pdf (PDF, 9 MB, e-book format for PDAs)
thesis_florian_mueller_print.pdf (PDF, 21 MB, for printing)