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I'm selling the MaKey MaKey, an innovative new product that turns any electrically conductive material into a touch interface.

Includes MaKey MaKeSB Cable, 7 Alligator Clips, 6 Connector Wires - 4.2 BTC w/ Free Shipping

Check out the official video for the MaKey MaKey here (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joylabs/makey-makey-an-invention-kit-for-everyone).

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What's MaKey MaKey?

MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It's a simple Invention Kit for Beginners and Experts doing art, engineering, and everything inbetween:

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What Can I Make?

That's up to you! First, load up a computer program or any webpage.

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Let's say you load up a piano. Then, instead of using the computer keyboard buttons to play the piano, you can hook up the MaKey MaKey to something fun, like bananas, and the bananas become your piano keys.

Or let's say you Google for an online Pacman game and draw a joystick with a pencil:

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Then you can play Pacman by touching the drawing.

How Does it Work?

Alligator Clip two objects to the MaKey MaKey board. For example, you and an apple.

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When you touch the apple, you make a connection, and MaKey MaKey sends the computer a keyboard message. The computer just thinks MaKey MaKey is a regular keyboard (or mouse). Therefore it works with all programs and webpages, because all programs and webpages take keyboard and mouse input.

MaKey MaKey runs on top of Arduino. You can start using your MaKey MaKey board in "Arduino mode" at any time. This would allow you to spin motors, turn on LEDs, or anything else that an Arduino can do. If you want to learn to use Arduino or other electronics, but want to start without any programming or breadboarding, MaKey MaKey is a good starting point. There's no need to understand Arduino in order to use MaKey MaKey.

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You can find cool project ideas for the MaKey MaKey here (http://www.makeymakey.com/forums/index.php?board=6.0) and here (http://www.makeymakey.com/forums/index.php?board=1.0).

If interested, feel free to PM me or you can reply to this thread here.

This is actually pretty cool.

wicked man

BTCump.

Anyone interested?

I am, but I'm poor. Hook it up to a bitcoin client and have it send bitcoins when you pet a cat.

Price is quite high... 5 BTC = $58.15, whereas I can just order it from the company's website for $39.99.

Thanks for your feedback. Price lowered to BTC 4.2 BTC.

Are you just ordering these things from that website and entering in the people's shipping information?

Holy shit, this is cool. I will never buy a regular arduino again.

I smell sarcasm. AND I LIKE IT!

It's not an arduino but you can add it to one

Precisely. I know it's not ideal, but since no one else is selling these for bitcoins, I thought it would be a good place to start.