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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Fast Company

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.

Fast Company

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.

Fast Company

Why The Most Interesting Things Happen Where Disciplines Intersect

LittleBits Founder and CEO Ayah Bdeir reveals the importance of taking your own track through education and life–even if it means going slightly off the rails.

Fast Company

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.

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How Dennis “Thresh” Fong Went From Pro Gamer To Entrepreneur

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13 Courtroom Drawings That Captured History

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Showtime’s “More Than T” Profiles 7 Transpeople Who Transcend That One Letter

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How The Next Generation Of West Virginians Are Building A Way Out Of The State’s Coal Economy

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Ayah Bdeir

Founder, littleBits

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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.

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.

Why The Most Interesting Things Happen Where Disciplines Intersect

LittleBits Founder and CEO Ayah Bdeir reveals the importance of taking your own track through education and life–even if it means going slightly off the rails.

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.

Ideas

How The Next Generation Of West Virginians Are Building A Way Out Of The State’s Coal Economy

If You Can’t Ban Cars Downtown, Just Take Away The Parking Spaces

A Higher Minimum Wage Is Not Doing The Bad Things Critics Said It Would Do

Entertainment

Showtime’s “More Than T” Profiles 7 Transpeople Who Transcend That One Letter

Your Instagram Photos Star In This Funny (And Creepy) Short Film

How Dennis “Thresh” Fong Went From Pro Gamer To Entrepreneur

Co.Design

Amazon Just Patented A Drone Skyscraper

This Beautiful Replica Of The Moon Is Floating Around London

13 Courtroom Drawings That Captured History

Fast Company

Showtime’s “More Than T” Profiles 7 Transpeople Who Transcend That One Letter

How The Next Generation Of West Virginians Are Building A Way Out Of The State’s Coal Economy

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