Ayah Bdeir
Entrepreneur & Educator | Building Inclusive Tech
About
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer, artist, and the founder of littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that's empowered millions to learn about technology and create new inventions. She is a TED speaker and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, and Fast Company.
Bdeir is a vocal advocate for democratizing education and making STEM fields more accessible, especially to women and underrepresented groups. Her keynotes inspire audiences to use technology as a tool for creativity, problem-solving, and social impact.
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Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
Imagine 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.
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