If you have ever wondered to yourself how limiting a keyboard or a mouse can be, perhaps you should give Makey Makey a chance. It is an input kit that can help make everyone a creator or inventor. You can basically turn any object into part of your controller. The object resembles a regular Nintendo controller (think back to NES).

This is a perfect gift for any of the following: Artist, Developer, Maker or just someone with an imagination that loves retro video games. I recommend checking out their website before you buy one, because you might just want one yourself.

I think this could also be used in conjunction with a Raspberry Pi computer for some really interesting mash-ups. The great thing is both are low cost and yet could create something wonderfully useful, or at the very least inspiring to others.