# Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2013
- Speaker: Jay Silver
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you. He shares some of his messiest inventions, and demos MaKey MaKey, a kit for hacking everyday objects.

## Lectures

1. [Hack a banana, make a keyboard!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard/0ac5627e54e4), 13 min (TED's player)