Remote-Controlled Kindle Page Turner

We live in an amazing era, where you can store a large number of electronic book on an e-paper reader that can run for weeks without charging. On the other hand, in order to turn the virtual pages, you normally still have to go through the work of reaching the reader and poking the appropriate place on the screen. This works fine if you’re holding it in your hand, but since hacker Alex Mikes likes to use a stand to read hands-free to read in bed at night, this just wouldn’t work.

To combat this first-world problem, Mikes came up withthe remote-controlled “Kindle Page Turner” Robot. It’s 3D-printed structure attaches to the side of an e-reader, and upon getting a signal from a simple RF controller, the onboard Arduino Nano actuates an artificial finger to press and turns the page using a small servo motor.

An important detail is that the RC finger contains a wire that runs to the circuit ground, which allows the stylus tip to properly control the Kindle’s capacitive touch screen. The device is powered by a micro USB connector, which would come in handy as it certainly draws much more power than the Kindle that it controls!