Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
For Maker Faire New York this year, I finally made good on a promise to myself to visit my maker pals in the region. To do so I flew in a couple days early and hit the ground running. First up: littleBits and founder Ayah Bdeir.
The snap-together electronic components maker launched ten years ago at Bay Area Maker Faire.
Since then, Ayah has taken the company to great partnerships for littleBit products with Lucasfilm, Marvel, NASA, Korg, and more. Their kits are sold around the world and offer fantastic opportunities in both education and product design prototyping. Plus they’re just fun to play with. (Be sure to read about them in the cover story of the new issue of Make:, vol.65.)The littleBits office is in Chelsea on the west side of Manhattan, in a recently expanded office overlooking the Hudson river. With its recent acquisition of San Francisco-based DIY.org, the company is now well over 100 employees strong — and already feels like it’s growing past the expanded space. Their office is decorated with Bits and circuits assembled into functional projects and mounted to the walls, along with their swaths of their signature purple. With workshop and research rooms visible, the…
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