Since its launch four years ago, the Makey Makey invention kit has been used to turn bananas into piano keyboards, make potted plants talk when handled and transform the outstretched hands of audience ...

We’ve been getting a lot of emails on the Hackaday tip line about the Makey Makey. This business-card sized circuit board turns everything – bananas, Play-Doh, water, and people – into a touch ...

Learn coding and circuitry basics as you incorporate sound effects into a story book. Design a soundscape for your story, record your sounds, and use copper tape, Makey Makey and Scratch to help your ...

There are plenty of interactive Arduino projects for beginners, but for the last decade, Makey Makey has been a favorite among kids, parents, and educators alike. Created by MIT alums Jay Silver and ...

At about the size of a credit card, the original Makey Makey (now called the Classic) isn't exactly a behemoth, but it's not really something you could wear around your neck or dangle from your ear ...

Ever wanted to wake up in a Disney cartoon where everything around you is animated and interactive? Now you can…Turn a bunch of bananas into a piano. Turn your friends into a synthesizer. Turn a ...

[Guillermo Amaral’s] NES controller was in great shape. Well, except for the fact that it didn’t work. Upon closer inspection it seems the shift register — which is the only IC on these ancient ...

is a new Arduino interface board that let's you convert everyday objects into touch-based input contraptions. Instead of using your mundane keyboard and mouse, this board lets you type and click with ...

Since my last mention of the MaKey MaKey we've been playing around with it. We've recreated a few of the other experiments seen on the MaKey MaKey site, and it's been a lot of fun to see my daughter ...

Play-Doh control pad for playing Super Mario. [Credit: Jay Silver] MaKey MaKey is a new Arduino interface board that let’s you convert everyday objects into touch-based input contraptions. Instead of ...