Leah Buechley
Interdisciplinary Designer | Innovating at the Intersection of Technology, Art, and Education
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Leah Buechley is an interdisciplinary designer, artist, and educator who explores the intersection of technology, art, and education. As a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab, she co-created the LilyPad Arduino, a construction kit that enables the integration of electronics into textiles and clothing.
Buechley's pioneering work in e-textiles has been exhibited at major museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt and the Museum of Modern Art. Her TED talks have reached millions, inspiring audiences to rethink the role of technology in creative expression and learning.
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How to "sketch" with electronics
Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive -- or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools to treat electronics just like paper and pen. In this talk from TEDYouth 2011, Buechley shows some of her charming designs, like a paper piano you can sketch and then play.
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