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# Now you can make a controller/UI out of a banana, most stuff.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/now-you-can-make-controllerui-out-banana-most-stuff/
- Published: 2012-06-22T16:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:59:42.000Z
- Description: video So that the console controller might eventually be spared its grimy-kids-toy aesthetic, grad students at MIT have made a circuit board that will turn any conductor in the natural world into a device for play. The MaKey MaKey uses alligator clips to carry your electronic touch to the board and
- Author: Kent Szlauderbach
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

[video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQqh7iCcOU&ref=killscreen.com)

So that the console controller might eventually be spared its grimy-kids-toy aesthetic, grad students at MIT have made a circuit board that will turn any conductor in the natural world into a device for play. The *[MaKey MaKey](http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670096/create-uis-out-of-anything-with-this-kit-from-mit?ref=killscreen.com#1)* uses alligator clips to carry your electronic touch to the board and then to a computer—this means a real mouse, water, stairs, your friend’s back, or your cat’s tail can become mouse-left-click, keyboard keys, spacebar, etc. Play carefully—the natural world is delicate, and much of it is living.

\[via [Fast Company](http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670096/create-uis-out-of-anything-with-this-kit-from-mit?ref=killscreen.com#1)\]