Former MTI students have created a device that transforms, for example, bananas into a piano or a computer keyboard. A surface that has room for 18 electrodes can be a banana, a pencil eraser, a potato, or anything that conducts electricity. Would you like to try it?
What you create is up to you! First, launch a computer program or any web page. So if you decide to go with a piano, instead of using the keys on the keyboard, you can play the piano by connecting the MaKey Makey to the bananas and they become your piano keys. You can play Pacman with a pencil, like a joystick, or you can type a message from Facebook or Gmail right onto the letters of the alphabet soup!
So how does it work? When you touch translation object, establish a connection and MaKey MaKey sends a message to the computer. This is how the computer detects it MaKey MaKey as a keyboard or mouse. Therefore, it works with all programs and websites. It also works with all computers with a USB port and the latest operating systems; it was tested on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OSX.
So if you are creative, resourceful and imaginative, you can use MaKey MaKey to simplify your life or even create your future!
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The project is a part mass co-financing on Kickstarter. You can buy it at official website or on Hammacher Schlemmer for 39 euros.
More information:
makeymakey.com
