Ayah Bdeir

Most Creative People 2013

Ayah Bdeir

Founder, littleBits

The DIY champion

By creating kits with magnetized electronic modules, engineer and former MIT MediaLabber Ayah Bdeir founded LittleBits, a Lego-like way to let tinkerers of all ages build their own electronics.

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With BitLab, LittleBits Wants To Become The App Store For Hardware

“We want people to say, ‘there’s a bit for that,’ and if there isn’t one, they will make one,” says CEO Ayah Bdeir.

With BitLab, LittleBits Wants To Become The App Store For Hardware

Now You Can Make Your Own Internet-Connected Gadgets, No Engineering Skills Required

The littleBits Cloud Module–debuted at TED–lets you create your very own objects that are part of the larger Internet of Things.

Now You Can Make Your Own Internet-Connected Gadgets, No Engineering Skills Required

Why The Most Interesting Things Happen Where Disciplines Intersect

The Problem-Solving Electronic Toys You Want Your Kids To Play With

LittleBits, the blinking modular electronic Lego for 21st-century builders, were created to be fun–but also to bridge a major educational gap. Here’s the bigger idea that inspired their founder.

The Problem-Solving Electronic Toys You Want Your Kids To Play With

Impact

In Arizona, Indigenous nations suffer more COVID-19 cases—and more blame

Strict voter ID laws directly reduce minority turnout

We are throwing away a record 53.6 million metric tons of electronics

Creativity

Let’s cancel the 4th of July this year

‘Hamilton’ on Disney Plus is a nostalgic tour de force—and that’s the problem

How to watch Hamilton for free on Disney Plus: You can’t, and here’s why

Co.Design

New Trump campaign tee says America First, but Nazi symbol is front and center

You can now smell like space, with this new NASA-inspired fragrance

This $2,500 ventilator is a master class in designing for the COVID-19 era

Work Life

“Business is not and should not be only about the bottom line”

The pandemic is a great time to start a business. Here are 3 things to do now

How this software company saw the opportunity—and went remote nearly overnight