Sunday, April 9, 2017

Guinea Pigs Make Music With Makey Makey

One thing we find fascinating is technology that guinea pigs can use. We all remember the guinea pig bridge in Japan that Parry Gripp called "the latest guinea pig bridge technology," right? And also the automatic guinea pig feeder using Arduino? Well, we just found about about some new guinea pig tech that we must share with you!

There's a device called a Makey Makey that can allows you to connect random household objects to a computer with alligator clips, and have them each be considered different buttons. Someone had the brilliant idea to use a Makey Makey to turn their guinea pigs into musicians!


Okay, so it might not be the most amazing song we've ever heard. They may need a little practice. But no musician starts out as Mozart on day 1, right? Keep eating those musical veggies, piggies! We'll buy your album!
Posted by Lola, Buffy, and Broccoli at 9:13 AM

2 comments:

  1. Mary EllenApril 9, 2017 at 3:22 PM

    I worry about the piggies chomping the wires!

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    1. Cavy SavvyApril 13, 2017 at 12:04 PM

      You raise a good point. Although fruit and veggies tend to be the more attractive option, we have been known to chew on wires if the option is available. Perhaps there's a safer way to set this up than what's shown in the video, such as adding a barrier?

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