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littleBits: Circuits Meet LEGO Blocks

posted by mattie_p on Wednesday March 12 2014, @04:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the play-into-our-hands dept.

skullz writes:

"Much ado has been made about SXSW and the resurgence of hardware hacking as apposed to software. Even NPR is getting in on the action, airing a story about littleBits SXSW demo, including some videos. LittleBits are small circuit modules which snap together using magnets, much like LEGOs would if they were held together by magnets. The company pays homage to an open source mentality and hosts example projects, such as this LEGO and littleBit soundmachine, on its website, even though it seems to be missing several (or all) of the actual assembly instructions."

From their website:

littleBits (spelled lower case L, upper case B, all one word) consists of tiny circuit-boards with specific functions engineered to snap together with magnets. No soldering, no wiring, no programming, just snap together for prototyping, learning and fun. Each bit has a specific function (light, sound, sensors, buttons, thresholds, pulse, motors, etc), and modules snap to make larger circuits. Just as LEGO (TM) allows you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are small, simple, intuitive, blocks that make creating with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together.

If you followed SXSW, please share your favorite discoveries or insights gleaned from the conference.

 
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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by jimshatt on Wednesday March 12 2014, @04:37AM

    by jimshatt (978) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @04:37AM (#15101)
    FYI. There is no such thing as "LEGOs". LEGO blocks, yes.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 12 2014, @05:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 12 2014, @05:11AM (#15122)

    lol

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by jimshatt on Wednesday March 12 2014, @06:42AM

    by jimshatt (978) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @06:42AM (#15156)
    I meant bricks, sorry. Blocks bricks brocks blicks...

  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by skullz on Wednesday March 12 2014, @10:43AM

    by skullz (2532) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @10:43AM (#15291)

    Haha yup, I was waiting for someone to correct that. I'm from the street, I use "LEGOs".

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @02:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @02:17PM (#17736)

    Yeah stop using uppercase like that. Anyone sane¹ calls them just legos.

    (¹and not payed to protect a certain trademark or something equally stupid)