last attempt at getting reading stuff to work nicely (doesn't work)
diff --git a/gyro_board/src/libusb-driver/libusb_wrap.h b/gyro_board/src/libusb-driver/libusb_wrap.h
index 074408d..9713534 100644
--- a/gyro_board/src/libusb-driver/libusb_wrap.h
+++ b/gyro_board/src/libusb-driver/libusb_wrap.h
@@ -3,18 +3,28 @@
 
 #include <libusb-1.0/libusb.h>
 
+#include "aos/common/macros.h"
+
 class LibUSBDeviceHandle;
+namespace libusb {
+class Transfer;
+}
 
 class LibUSB {
  public:
   explicit LibUSB();
-  virtual ~LibUSB();
+  ~LibUSB();
+
   // Return a device handle or NULL with the correct VID and PID.
   LibUSBDeviceHandle *FindDeviceWithVIDPID(
       int vid, int pid);
 
+  void HandleEvents();
+
  private:
   libusb_context *ctx_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(LibUSB);
 };
 
 class LibUSBDeviceHandle {
@@ -30,9 +40,57 @@
 
  private:
   friend class LibUSB; // For constructor
+  friend class libusb::Transfer;  // for access to dev_handle_
   // Takes ownership of the device handle and frees it when destructed.
   explicit LibUSBDeviceHandle(libusb_device_handle *dev_handle);
- libusb_device_handle *dev_handle_;
+  libusb_device_handle *dev_handle_;
+
+ DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(LibUSBDeviceHandle);
 };
 
+// TODO(brians): move everything in here
+namespace libusb {
+
+// Wraps a libusb_transfer*.
+// Represents an asynchronous transfer.
+// Only designed to support interrupt and bulk transfers because they are very
+// similar and simple.
+class Transfer {
+ public:
+  Transfer(size_t data_length,
+           void (*callback)(Transfer *, void *),
+           void *user_data);
+  ~Transfer();
+
+  void FillInterrupt(LibUSBDeviceHandle *device,
+                     unsigned char endpoint,
+                     unsigned int timeout);
+
+  void Submit();
+  void Cancel();
+
+  libusb_transfer_status status() { return transfer_->status; }
+  int read_bytes() { return transfer_->actual_length; }
+
+  const uint8_t *data() { return data_; }
+
+ private:
+  static void StaticTransferCallback(libusb_transfer *self) {
+    static_cast<Transfer *>(self->user_data)->TransferCallback();
+  }
+  void TransferCallback();
+
+  libusb_transfer *const transfer_;
+
+  uint8_t *const data_;
+  size_t data_length_;
+
+  void (*const callback_)(Transfer *, void *);
+  void *const user_data_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Transfer);
+};
+
+}  // namespace libusb
+
 #endif  // LIBUSB_H_