Being responsible for an invention that changes the world has been a dream of ours since we were little. It doesn’t matter if you’re designing your dream pad out of Legos or designing a new pen to put on Kickstarter, you’re inventing on some level. The Makey Makey Invention Kit is Edison meets an OK Go music video and it’s the brainchild of two guys from MIT that are way smarter than we are. Clip one set of alligator clips to the Makey Makey and the other to anything that will conduct electricity. Voila! Instant controller. Bananas? No problem. Gramma? Easy. Beach balls and stairs and cats and anything else you can think of. There’s no bread boarding, no programming and no massive headaches. Makey Makey is inventing made easy.
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