littleBits

Rips at only 2 years old playing with littleBits!

Sima — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:46 +0000

Show your mom a littleLove with your littleBits Starter Kit

Sima — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:05:31 +0000

What better gift to give your mom on Mother’s Day than a custom-made interactive card?!

When your Mom pushes the pressure sensor on the card, a secret message is revealed!

To replicate this card, all you need is basic craft materials like construction paper, scissors, glue and your littleBits starter kit

Note: Ready made template is available to be downloaded on our community platform page. All you have to do is print, cut out, and glue!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there!

Chief Safety Engineer

ayah — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:27:15 +0000

littleBits is looking for a senior, very well seasoned safety engineer professional to join the core team and head the safety department. As littleBits aims to get into the hands of more kids, schools and individuals across the globe, safety is one of our top priorities. Tasks include doing rigorous safety testing and stress analysis of all our products, current, prospective and in progress. Tasks also include working with our R&D team to better select components, design new products, and implement safety checks and procedures in the products. You must be very experienced in safety requirements, certifications and restrictions of US and foreign countries, and be extremely resourceful and reliable.

Tasks

Analyze all current products and implement appropriate safety warnings and explanations
Lead safety certification procedures for all products and keep them up to date
Create detailed testing procedures for each bit, kit and project that we develop
Work closely with the R&D team to design new modules for optimum safety state
Create, review and implement testing procedures for our manufacturing partners
Manage relationships with vendors, distributors, and retail partners that carry littleBits to integrate required safety and certification requirements for each of them
Works with engineering teams and various suppliers to ensure equipment and processes are designed to meet all legal safety requirements
Proactively escalate issues, observations, risks, and insights to the littleBits team as appropriate
Responsible to ensure a safe and accident-free workplace.

Requirements

15+ years experience doing Safety Engineering in the toy business
Experience in developing and testing products for children 0-12 years
Experience running a team and making strategic decisions with respect to new products
Significant experience in respected and reliable toy companies leading the safety team
Extensive knowledge of State and Federal safety standards.
Excellent understanding of safety procedures, restrictions and requirements across foreign countries for different age groups, product categories and stores

Technical

Technical background as an engineer
Very proficient in developing electronic products
Significant experience in dealing with manufacturers and factories in order to instate and
Very proficient in Eagle and other circuit design programs
Very proficient in electronic simulation
Must be proficient in Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

Employment details

Position is full-time
Position is in the West Village, Manhattan, New York
Salary commensurate with experience

To apply

Please send cover letter and resume to: jobs AT littlebits.cc with “Chief Safety Engineer” as the subject line.

We’re going back to MakerFaire- where it all started!

Sima — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:26:43 +0000

littleBits is going to be at MakerFaire San Fransisco from May 18- May 21!

Join us to meet our wonderful team and see the exciting projects we have in store for you!

Tickets can be bought here

Can’t wait to meet you all!

Creating an interactive elephant with littleBits!

Sima — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:17:43 +0000

Ayah Speaking at the Maker Hardware Innovation workshop next week!

Sima — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:32:24 +0000

We have some exciting news!!

Ayah Bdeir, founder of littleBits, is going to be speaking at the Maker Hardware innovation workshop that’s taking place on May 15-16.

What is Hardware innovation workshop?

It’s a workshop where MAKE magazine “hosts an inspired conversation and curated tour of the unique culture, enabling technologies, and innovations of the maker movement.”

Get your ticket here and watch Ayah talk about littleBits!

Below is a video of Dale Dougherty, founder and publisher of MAKE talking about the workshop

Experimenting with littleBits!

Sima — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:06:42 +0000

littleBits in New Scientist Magazine!

Sima — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:15:32 +0000

This week, littleBits was featured in New Scientist magazine as part of MacGregor Campbell’s article “Network your stuff: Amateurs inventing a new internet”.

Ayah Bdeir talked about the soon-to-be released newer bits with more complex behaviors such as “wireless communication and remote control”

Check out the full article here

Jeff learning about circuits!

Sima — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:35:19 +0000

Sneak Peek of the “Techno Jungle” Workshop!

Sima — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:16:49 +0000

On Saturday April 21st, our team ran a workshop at the littleBits headquarters where kids between the ages of 6-12 were asked to create interactive animals to fit the theme of “Techno Jungle”. The workshop was covered by CNN’s show What’s next.

The results were remarkable! Here is a sneak peek of the projects!

We will debut them on the community platform when the CNN show airs. So stay tuned!