Really, in Silver's world you can turn anything into almost anything, so long as you have an alligator clip, some sensors, and an imagination. 

Silver is the creator of the Makey Makey, a simple circuit board that transforms the inanimate stuff in your life into touchable user interfaces that function much like a computer mouse or keyboard. Silver released the first version of the Makey Makey in 2012, and now he's back with the $19 Makey Makey Go, an even simpler version of his original idea now raising funds on Kickstarter.

The first Makey Makey was made of a circuit board into which you could hook up to seven alligator clips and six connectors. You connected the board to your computer through a USB cord and used the alligator clips and wires to create a circuit between yourself and whatever object you decided to use as your input device. As Silver explains it: "The computer just thinks Makey Makey is a regular keyboard or mouse." In other words, if your software responds to clicks and taps, it's gonna work with the Makey Makey.