CHAPTER 8
Makey Makey
HERE ARE SOME quick and easy project ideas for Makey Makey. The Makey Makey is an invention kit designed and created by Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver (Figure 8-1). This microcontroller plugs into your computer via USB and makes your computer think you are hooking up an external keyboard. The Makey Makey has six inputs on the front that allow you to control your arrow keys, spacebar, and the click of your mouse. On the back, there are even more keys you can program. Try hooking up real bananas to your arrow keys by attaching an alligator clip from a banana to an arrow input on the Makey Makey. Then attach another alligator clip to one of the inputs on the bottom row labeled “earth.” Now, if you hold the metal on the alligator ...
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