As the competition season for Illinois 4-H robotics clubs draws to a close, several clubs continue their community programs and trainings for younger members. The Techno Ferret 4-H Club has a great video created by their senior 4-H members about what it means to be a member of their club. 

In Macon County, members of the 4-H RoboStorms Robotics Club were part of the Decatur Business Expo. Members of the team demonstrated exciting technology, such as "Makey Makey."

MaKey MaKey is an invention kit which tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything is a keyboard. 4-H members connected a row of bananas to a computer via alligator clips and then showed how to play musical tones by touching the bananas.

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