Makey Makey Review

The MaKey MaKey is a microcontroller that can turn household objects into computer keyboards. We have used the MaKey MaKey in our workshops to make video game controllers, pianos, board games, and even home alarm systems out of everyday objects like bananas, hot dogs, play-doh, aluminum foil, pencils, and even water. The MaKey MaKey is a must have in any creative inventor’s kit.

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Setup and play in seconds

No software installation necessary. Just plug into a USB port on your computer and attach an object to the MaKey MaKey board. Then touch the object while holding onto “ground”.

Endless possibilities for all ages

If you ever get bored of making pianos out of your food, there’s hundreds of instructions and how to’s online for all the really different creative things you can make with the MaKey MaKey.

Example: How to Make an Operation Game with the MaKey MaKey

Think the MaKey MaKey is only for kids? Think again. People are using the MaKey MaKey in all sorts of professions, especially in assistive technology.

Example: How to Make a DIY Assistive Device with the MaKey MaKey

Comes With:

• 1 x MaKey MaKey HID Board

• 1 x Alligator Clip Pack

• 1 x Mini-USB Cable

• 1 x Jumper Wire Pack

Features and Specifications

• Mix and match and turn everyday objects into keyboards, like bananas, hot dogs, aluminum foil, pencils, other people, etc.

• Uses a USB cable to connect to your computer. No need to install any software. No need to use any programming. Just plug in and start making things.

• Six inputs on the front of the board (directional keys, space bar, and mouse click). The inputs are metal with holes so you can attach things in many ways, like clipping on alligator cables or soldering or wrapping wire through the holes.

• Twelve inputs on the back of the board (six for keyboard keys, six for moving the mouse). The inputs are female headers, so you have to use jumper wires or something similar.

• You can reprogram the MaKey MaKey like an Arduino to change its functionality.

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Customer Rws and Scores

At the time of writing, customers on Amazon have awarded the MaKey MaKey with 4.4 out of 5 stars. The MaKey MaKey is universally praised as a fun toy and good educational tool.

“There is more fun and learning in this tiny rectangle than a week at Disney World.” – MarkC

“Awesome for kids of all ages, but this would have changed my life when I was 13. Perfect for any young person that has a creative spark that needs to be stoked.” – Michael Siegel

“Students don’t even realize they’re practicing the problems skills in order to complete the circuits needed to make it work.” – varner

Conclusion

Having discovered the MaKey MaKey during MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend my senior year of high school, I’ve used it ever since. With it, I teach kids to think outside the box by casually reinventing the keyboard over and over again. I’ve used it to make custom controllers for my projects, to add a little fun to my presentations, and even to make my own prototype assistive technologies. I haven’t come across a kid that doesn’t absolutely love it, nor a person that isn’t absolutely astounded by what it can do.