What's MaKey MaKey? - MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It's a simple Invention Kit for Beginners and Experts doing art, engineering, and everything inbetween. Scroll down to watch the video.
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It comes ready to use out of the box with everything you see above: MaKey MaKey, Alligator Clips, USB Cable.
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What Can I Make? - That's up to you! First, load up a computer program or any webpage (yes that's right, you're surfing the internet to invent). Let's say you load up a piano. Then, instead of using the computer keyboard buttons to play the piano, you can hook up the MaKey MaKey to something fun, like bananas, and the bananas become your piano keys.
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Or let's say you Google for an online "Pacman" game and draw a joystick with a pencil (yes, an actual ordinary pencil). Then you can play Pacman by touching the drawing with your finger.
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How Does it Work? - Alligator Clip two objects to the MaKey MaKey board. For example, you and an apple.When you touch the apple, you make a connection, and MaKey MaKey sends the computer a keyboard message. The computer just thinks MaKey MaKey is a regular keyboard (or mouse). Therefore it works with all programs and webpages, because all programs and webpages take keyboard and mouse input.
What materials work with MaKey Makey? - Any material that can conduct at least a tiny bit of electricity will work. Here are some materials that work great: Ketchup, Pencil Graphite, Finger Paint, Lemons, Plants, Coins, Your Grandma, Silverware, Anything that is Wet, Most Foods, Cats and Dogs, Aluminum Foil, Rain, and hundreds more.
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| The back of the board has hookups for 6 keyboard keys, and mouse control |
