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 Universal electromechanical remote control for touchscreen user interfaces (UIs)
 
-HMI stands for Human-Machine Interface, it's a term from the controls industry
+HMI stands for Human-Machine Interface; it's a term from the controls industry.
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+A well-documented parallel effort from Manu's group: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z44YpbulrfZ0txfAJZJqTHFGj67I7Y-cv655t-TL5Mc/edit
 
 ## design notes
 - requirements