Jay Silver and his co-founder's concept was simple: Hook up everyday objects to small circuits and turn them into touchpads. See how their MaKey MaKey invention kit is changing the way we interact ...

When Jay Silver thinks of people with radical ideas, he thinks of his late father starting a food co-op in South Florida in the 1970s. People thought his father, Joel, was crazy for gathering a group ...

When it launched in 2012, the Makey Makey was the golden child of the maker movement. It was a simple, easy to use board with holes for alligator clips and a USB socket that would present capacitive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. Jun 20, 2012, 05:09am EDT This article is more than 10 years old.

Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Interest in computer science is booming, and new and inventive ways of getting kids to learn how to program are ...

At about the size of a credit card, the original Makey Makey (now called the Classic) isn't exactly a behemoth, but it's not really something you could wear around your neck or dangle from your ear ...

Play-Doh control pad for playing Super Mario. [Credit: Jay Silver] MaKey MaKey is a new Arduino interface board that let’s you convert everyday objects into touch-based input contraptions. Instead of ...