Day 5: Failed attempt at making a piano stair case with Makey Makey
I got into Makey Makey because of a TED talk about Little Bits. Before I committed my 50+ dollars on Amazon on a Little Bits kit (it is about 100 dollars on Little Bits website), I spotted Makey Makey where it has far more favorite reviews. I ended up buying both the Makey Makey and the Little Bits kit (I returned Little Bits the hour it arrived, because I found some problems with the battery).
I also watched the Makey Makey promo video. I was extremely impressed with their piano stairs. I wanted to build one.
That was what i did tonight. I started by modifying a Scratch Piano program so that I can have 12 keys instead of 4 keys. I proceeded to lay aluminum foils on the stair case. The big obstacle I was trying to overcome was not have to have people hold on to a wire to be part of circuit, at least they do not have to be tethered walking up and down. I tried to lay one continuous ground wire next to each of the piano key wire.
It did not work.
At the end of it, I only have some giant balls of aluminum foils to show.
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| Failed attempt at building a piano stair case. Tin foil carcass and sad wires |
Have to come back tomorrow
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