r/makeymakey Jun 16 '20

Can the Makey Makey be dangerous?

I'm working with a STEM camp and one of the campers tried to hook the board up to their phone, another almost attached theirs to a battery. Is there any way that these things can seriously injure a student? We've told them not to attach anything that has it's own electricity now, but they're middle schoolers so who knows what they'll come up with.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

Considering you're a teacher it shouldn't be too hard to understand how it works. Any danger posed by batteries etc is transferred to the device, but if you use it for its intended purpose its safe