Leo's Turn The Table Turkey!

Leo demonstrates his littleBits.

For this week’s TTTT Leo showed us his new litteBits Kit. The company says “we spend more than 7.5 hours with technological devices every day, but most us don't know how they work, or how to make our own. For all the interactivity of these devices, we are bound to passive consumption.” Leo said littleBits is a quick and simple way to find out how things work by building your own project. littleBits consists of tiny circuit-boards with simple, unique functions. There’s no wiring or soldering necessary. Each piece is engineered to snap together with magnets. So instead of plug and play, it’s more like snap and play. In just a few seconds Leo created a small LED meter that worked. Flashing LED’s, what could be better than that! The power source is a 9 volt battery, so there’s no AC electric involved. Leo said he thought the kits were good for kids from about 8 years of age and up. While each kit has a simple, unique function (light, sound, sensors, buttons, thresholds, pulse, motors, etc), the modules are designed snap to make larger circuits. With a growing number of available modules, littleBits aims to move electronics from late stages of the design process to its earliest ones, and from the hands of experts, to those of artists, makers, students and designers. Leo liked the creative, learning aspect of littleBits a lot. There is one drawback to the kits. The cost, which is $129.95.

www.littlebits.cc   and http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10627

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