< Berkeley Lab’s SAGE Camp Summer 2021 > In spring of 2021, the K12 group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) – one of the first research institutions in the network of 17 national labs managed by the Dept. of Energy – began planning for a second, pandemic-ready, online-only program for its annual summer camp, […]
Chibitronics Awarded NSF SBIR Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/23/2021 Chibitronics Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Wilmington, Del., August 18, 2021 – Chibitronics Inc. has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $255,928 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on […]
Announcing Our First Circuit Sketchbook Art Contest Winners!
Congratulations to Alexa, 9, and Taia, 12, on winning our first Circuit Sketchbook Art Contest! Keep scrolling to see their entries and find out how you can enter the next one. Alexa, 9 – Acorn’s Adventures“I was interested in acorns and comics. I wanted to make up an original story. I like characters with a […]
Chibitronics Monthly Circuit Sketchbook Art Contest
Show us your #circuitsketchbook! Our Art Contest will now be monthly! Complete all 5 chapters of our Circuit Sticker Sketchbook and share them with us by the end of each month for the chance to win a Love to Code Creative Coding Kit and be featured in our Sketchbook Gallery. The winner will be announced […]
Introducing the 2021 Chibitronics Design Team!
Good morning! We have some fun news to share today! Our design team is growing and we are so excited to introduce you to the 2021 Chibitronics Design Team! You’ll see some familiar faces and also a few new friends who are looking forward to sharing their creations with you soon! Rana Alo Hi, my […]
NEW TUTORIAL: Flying Concertina Accordion Book by Jill Dawson
New tutorial up on our tutorials page by Jill Dawson! In this tutorial, we will show you how to add motion and light to a fun and flashy variation of the traditional accordion book structure! You’ll learn how to use conductive thread as a decorative and conductive element, and how to use a reed switch […]
Circuit Sketchbook Art Contest
Show us your #circuitsketchbook! Complete all 5 chapters of our Circuit Sticker Sketchbook and share them with us by 5PM Pacific time on June 14, 2021 for a chance to win 1 of 10 Love to Code Creative Coding Kits and be featured in our Sketchbook Gallery. Winners will be announced on July 1, 2021. […]
Chibitronics Teacher Appreciation Day 2021
Teacher Appreciation Day is May 4th! To show our gratitude and thanks to the teachers who make a difference, Chibitronics is celebrating with giveaways of our Chibi Lights STEM Starter Kit and hosting a special, free professional development session! 100 Chibi Lights STEM Starter Kits Giveaway For educators interested in basic electronics and circuitry, we […]
2021 Design Team Call
Chibitronics is searching for a few additions to our 2021 Design Team! Chibitronics blends circuits with arts and crafts. We make circuit stickers which are friendly peel-and-stick lights, effects, and sensor modules for lighting up your craft projects. Our dream is to make it fun and easy for everyone to create and design their own expressive […]
Introducing the Kids Crew!
Joining Fern and friends from Love to Code are our shiny new Kids Crew and their awesome Teachers. To celebrate our new characters we want you to help us write their stories. Head over to our Circuit Story Challenge lesson plan to get to know more about the Kids Crew and their teachers and join […]
Paper Circuits with Chibitronics on Outschool
Chibitronics is on Outschool! Outschool is a platform that offers live online classes where kids can interact with teachers, in small groups, in a variety of subject areas. Chibitronics is excited to join and offer a new way for kids and parents to engage with us! We’ll be offering our first course, a one-time 60-minutes […]
Fundraiser
During the last week we have been thinking about ways we can support the Black community. Individually, we have made donations to organizations that spoke to us. As a company, we would like to ask you to consider supporting two great organizations: Black Girls Code and The Conscious Kid. At Chibitronics, we believe in the […]