[games_access] DIY accessible controls: MaKey MaKey

[Eelke Folmer]

Hi Barrie

I played with Makey Makey at the TEI conference this year and I was really
impressed by it. Here's a little video of me playing garage band using a
banana and a pair of apples as bongos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkEjw1MN2A

I ordered 10 kits for my interaction design class. ;-)

Best Eelke


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> MaKey MaKey is a PCB board that allows you to make touch controls out of
> anything that can conduct a little electricity. Such as bananas, Play-doh,
> water and so on.
>
> The accessibility possibilities are huge.
>
> The ability to cut costs in devices is huge (e.g. - $35 / £25 for the
> MaKey - a bit more for crocodile clips - then a beach ball for a humongous
> switch.
>
> http://www.gamebase.info/magazine/read/makey-makey_832.html
>
> Via an Ultimarc iPac, it's possible that this will work beyond PC/Mac, and
> maybe on most consoles too with the right adapters. I'm hopeful.
>
> Barrie
>
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-- 
Best, Eelke

Eelke Folmer
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
http://www.eelke.com
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