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The MaKey MaKey is a popular microcontroller that makes it easy to use any conductive object as an interface for a computer. When you plug a MaKey MaKey into a computer, the computer thinks you plugged in an external keyboard and mouse. So triggering the sensor inputs on the MaKey MaKey just sends keystrokes or mouse commands to your computer. The MaKey MaKey has 18 inputs that it can use to send those keystrokes and mouse commands

“Out-of-the-box,” the device comes pre-programmed to trigger:

I did not have anything to do with this video series. It was produced by professors and students at ITP-NYU.  But I think it's great and relevant to our community, so I am sharing it here. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

"A Brief Introduction to Debugging"
Written & narrated by Clay Shirky
Illustration & animation by Roopa Vasudevan
Photography by Tom Igoe and rik-shaw (via Flickr)
Music by Podington Bear

This essay was written last year for the Learning Creative Learning MOOC at MIT. It was originally posted to my personal blog as a response to Seymor Papert's classic introduction to Mindstorms, Gears of My Childhood. I thought I might be appropriate to share it here. 

My First Makerspace