[games_access] DIY accessible controls: MaKey MaKey

[Barrie Ellis]

Ha! Good fun. Fruit and Veg orchestra would be just the sort of game I'd like to play... I must dig out my 1996 Playstation interface that used crocodile clips to see if that will work in a similar way, whilst waiting for a MaKey MaKey.




From: Eelke Folmer 
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:21 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] DIY accessible controls: MaKey MaKey


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  
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