Articles by Ayah
Activity
-
Hi folks, This week I'm transitioning out of my leadership role at Niantic — and into a new chapter of my career! 🎉 I feel immense gratitude for…
Hi folks, This week I'm transitioning out of my leadership role at Niantic — and into a new chapter of my career! 🎉 I feel immense gratitude for…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
Old thinking: Maybe I should take a "gap year" before college...? New thinking: How can I create a *launch* year to give me the skills and…
Old thinking: Maybe I should take a "gap year" before college...? New thinking: How can I create a *launch* year to give me the skills and…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
NYT Games wins an Apple Design Award! From the initial envisioning to execution the team has put tremendous effort and joy into the app and it's…
NYT Games wins an Apple Design Award! From the initial envisioning to execution the team has put tremendous effort and joy into the app and it's…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
Publications
-
Getting Started with littleBits: Prototyping and Inventing with Modular Electronics
Make Community, LLC
Other authors -
-
Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
TED
See publicationImagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.
Projects
-
Daleel Thawra - Directory of the Lebanese Revolution
-
A few days after the start of the 2019 Lebanese revolution, a group of technologists and activists founded a platform to help activists use technology to further democracy. It is considered the primary reference for the revolution and elections, and reaches over 50,000 people. On May 15 2022, parliamentary elections were successful and Lebanon voted in the largest bloc in the country’s history aiming to implement a progressive agenda.
-
Talk To Me: A show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
-
Talk to Me featuring featuring a variety of designs that enhance communicative possibilities and embody a new balance between technology and people, bringing technological breakthroughs up or down to a comfortable, understandable human scale.
curated by
Paola Antonelli (US) & Kate Carmoody (US) -
Electronics As Material
-
Electronics as Material is the launch exhibition for littleBits, a growing library of pre-assembled circuits, made easy by tiny magnets at Eyebeam Art and Technology gallery.
-
The Open Hardware Definition
-
In 2009 Bdeir and Gibb organized the first Open Hardware Summit (OHS) in NYC on September 23rd 2009 which became the catalyst for the home and catalyst for the open hardware community and Open Source Hardware Definition. Through feedback and contributions from the public, over a period of several months, the definition continued to be discussed and refined. The Open Source Hardware Definition 1.0 is the current the stable version.
Honors & Awards
-
Global Business Hall of Fame
Junior Achievement
-
BBC 100 women of 2019
BBC
-
New York Times Groundbreaker
New York Times
-
Creative Toy of the Year
Toy Industry Association
-
Top 100 Female Founders
Inc Magazine
-
America's 50 Most Influential Women
Marie Claire
-
MIT 35 Innovators Under 35
MIT
-
Most Creative People in Business
Fast Company
-
MoMA permanent collection
Museum of Modern Art
Languages
-
French
Native or bilingual proficiency
-
Arabic
Native or bilingual proficiency
-
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
More activity by Ayah
-
Lest you think I've become a shill for Mozilla, it's only because we're building some ridiculously interesting (and necessary) stuff. Much has been…
Lest you think I've become a shill for Mozilla, it's only because we're building some ridiculously interesting (and necessary) stuff. Much has been…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
Beautiful work by System Inc. to understand cardiovascular disease as a complex and interconnected system
Beautiful work by System Inc. to understand cardiovascular disease as a complex and interconnected system
Shared by Ayah Bdeir
-
Highly recommend this program for developers and aspiring entrepreneurs interested in #opensource and trustworthy AI
Highly recommend this program for developers and aspiring entrepreneurs interested in #opensource and trustworthy AI
Shared by Ayah Bdeir
-
Yesterday, my giant looming head joined The Royal Society launch of their Science in the Age of AI report, which is full of brilliant recommendations…
Yesterday, my giant looming head joined The Royal Society launch of their Science in the Age of AI report, which is full of brilliant recommendations…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
TL;DR: Today, Mozilla and Columbia’s Columbia Institute of Global Politics are releasing the proceedings of the Columbia Convening on Openness in…
TL;DR: Today, Mozilla and Columbia’s Columbia Institute of Global Politics are releasing the proceedings of the Columbia Convening on Openness in…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
Amazing when a community can convene, collaborate and move work forward on a topic as complex as open source & AI. I know this has been a…
Amazing when a community can convene, collaborate and move work forward on a topic as complex as open source & AI. I know this has been a…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
What does "open" mean in the AI era? I'm pleased to share our latest collaborative paper with the Columbia Institute of Global Politics, where we…
What does "open" mean in the AI era? I'm pleased to share our latest collaborative paper with the Columbia Institute of Global Politics, where we…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
-
A new episode of the Computer Says Maybe podcast is coming out today. If you want to receive the companion newsletter sign up here:…
A new episode of the Computer Says Maybe podcast is coming out today. If you want to receive the companion newsletter sign up here:…
Liked by Ayah Bdeir
Other similar profiles
Explore collaborative articles
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
Explore More