{"id":2834,"date":"2018-02-27T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2018-02-27T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:50:15","slug":"makey-makey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/2018\/02\/27\/makey-makey\/","title":{"rendered":"Makey Makey!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Makey Makey?<\/p>\n<p>Makey Makey is an invention kit for the 21st century.\u00a0 Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a simple Invention Kit for beginners and experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How\u00a0Does\u00a0it Work?<\/p>\n<p>Alligator clip two objects to the Makey Makey board.\u00a0 For example, you and a banana.\u00a0 When you touch the banana, you make a connection, and Makey Makey is a regular keyboard (or\u00a0mouse).\u00a0 Therefore it works with all programs and webpages, because all programs and webpages take keyboard and mouse input.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What materials work with Makey Makey?<\/p>\n<p>Any material that can conduct at least a tiny bit of electricity will work.\u00a0 Some materials that have been used are ketchup, pencil graphite, finger paint, lemons, plants, coins, silverware, most foods, anything that is wet, and hundreds more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Makey Makey is a new added service to the Western Library System.\u00a0 Contact our office at (308) 632-1350 or (888) 879-5303 to check out the kit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Makey Makey? Makey Makey is an invention kit for the 21st century.\u00a0 Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a simple Invention Kit for beginners and experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between. &nbsp; How\u00a0Does\u00a0it Work? Alligator clip two objects to the Makey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/2018\/02\/27\/makey-makey\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2836,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}