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Kit per il Physical Computing. Apri questa elegantissima scatola e ci trovi un mondo.

Kit per il Physical Computing

Un mondo creato dalla simpaticissima Aya Bdeir, conosciuta durante il secondo Open Hardware Summit di New York. Littlebits , questo il nome del progetto, è una libreria opensource di moduli elettronici che si agganciano tra di loro con dei semplici magneti. Puoi farci di tutto! Illuminare, premere, piegare, suonare, muovere.... Come i LEGO puoi creare strutture complesse con estrema semplicità, senza nessuna esigenza di programmazione. La semplicità di questo sistema ha fatto vincere ad Aya una bella serie di premi e riconoscenze, compresa una presenza al TED Littlebits non è l'unico sistema che sta portando dal basso il Physical Computing alle masse. Un altro sistema, molto simpatico è reaDIYmate. In pratica un qualcosa che avviene in Internet arriva nel "cervello" del pupazzetto che immediatamente si mette a fare qualcosa. Cubelets , un po come littlebits, combina dei sensori ed attuatori magnetici ognuno con una funzione ben precisa.

LittleBits: Elettronica come i Lego. LittleBits. Blog » events. Next week, we’ll be in London at Hack The Hackathon‘s developer competition to support the teams in experimenting with “smart” devices.

Blog » events

After the great hackathon we had during the Arduino Camp in Torino, we’ll move to London for the 48-hour competition addressing an array of possible projects falling loosely into three broad challenge categories: Social Good, Sustainable Business, and Smarter Living. The event (5th-7th July), hosted by the HUB Westminster in Piccadilly Circus, is: designed for technical and non-technical innovators, designers, and engineers to build working prototypes, get fed, compete for prizes across different categories, work with expert mentors, meet new people, and scout for teammates to work on new or current projects.

You can participate to the event with or without an idea or a project in mind. And don’t worry if you are coming by yourself, without a team already formed. Check all the info and register to the free event here. Ayah Bdeir. Ayah Bdeir (born 1982 in Montreal, Canada) is an interactive artist, engineer, and founder/CEO of littleBits, an open source library of modular electronics that snap together with magnets.[1] Bdeir is considered one of the leaders of the Open Hardware Movement and was named on Fastcompany's "Most Creative People in Business" for 2013.

Ayah Bdeir

Bdeir received her masters degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in Computer Engineering and Sociology from the American University of Beirut. In 2008, she was awarded a fellowship at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in New York City [2] In 2010, she was awarded a fellowship with Creative Commons for her work in Open Hardware. She has taught graduate classes at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and Parsons The New School for Design.

In 2010, Bdeir served as a design mentor on the reality TV show, Stars of Science. LittleBits[edit] A littleBits setup. Open Hardware[edit] Major works[edit] As an interactive artist. Profile on TED.com. SUPERMECHANICAL.BLOG : The State of Twine, and a Shipping Update.