Chibitronics Team Put the “A” in STEAM During two weeks in August, members of the Chibitronics team hosted over 60 public school teachers and librarians (from coast to coast) during one of our most successful virtual professional development courses to date. We are pleased to report that our Infosys Summer Pathfinders Course, Start with Art: […]
Chibi Chats: Come Hang Out with Chibitronics
New Weekly Zoom Meet-ups Are Here! Curious about paper circuits? Interested in learning more about light-up crafts? Looking to join a fun and friendly community of supportive makers? In June 2024, Chibitronics kicked off a new community outreach initiative to provide artists, crafters, educators, and makers with a supportive place to meet other people with […]
Meet the Makers: Hello Play Collective
A dynamic new addition to the Chibitronics Design Team, the powerful trio comprising Hello Play has already left us clamoring for more! In their debut post, Exploration of Unusual Materials and Circuits with Chibitronics LED Stickers, curiosity and a practice of open-ended experimentation conjure up an amusing menagerie of glowing objects! Read more to learn […]
NAMTA 2024
Contents Introduction 2024 Reseller Bundles Become a Reseller Ordering Shipping Our Team Getting Started Videos Educator’s Guide Follow Us! Welcome to Chibitronics We’re excited to share the world of crafting with light with you here at Creativation by NAMTA in beautiful New Orleans! Come meet us in person at Booth 110 to make & take […]
Save the Date: Chibitronics is Presenting at the Creativation by NAMTA Trade Show!
Chibitronics will be presenting two educational workshops in New Orleans, Louisiana, this March, in advance of the Creativation by NAMTA Trade Show! Education | March 23 – March 24, 2024 Trade Show | March 25 – March 27, 2024 Workshop One – 120 minutes (Sun. 24 March from 9:00 am-11:00 am CST) Curiosity to Confidence: […]
NAMTA 2023
Contents Introduction Products & Pricing Become a Reseller Ordering Shipping Make & Take Tutorial Getting Started Videos Educator’s Guide Follow Us! Welcome to Chibitronics We’re excited to share with you the world of crafting with light! Come meet us in person at Booth 105 to Make & Take this magical color-changing butterfly pin featuring our […]
UPDATE FROM SPAIN – CREATIVE SCHOOL LIBRARIES in GALICIA
A CONVERSATION with Educator, Creative Technologist and Designer PAOLA GUIMERANS (Spanish version here) Scaling expressive technologies for STEAM learning often starts in train-the-trainer workshops. Hands-on sessions with curious educators and their organizations introduce new materials and invite participants – typically coaches, program managers, teachers, and subject matter experts such as artists, introductory CS instructors, department […]
Susan Lowdermilk, Book Artist
<Art, Craft, and Telling Stories with Pop-up> CHIBI: We met on the Hack Your Notebook project, for what turned into Booklet #2, Engineer Your Materials, Working with Pop-up. By that time, you’d discovered Chibitronics co-founder Jie Qi’s circuit stickers and had begun exploring possibilities for book arts, pop-up and electronics. Can you share some detail […]
Light Up Window Card
Hi, my friends! It’s June(Jooyeon)! I hope you all doing well! I’m happy to share my Chibitronics monthly project here again. I’m sharing the Light Up Window Cards today. When the card opens the LEDs light up beautifully! I hope you make this cards by watching the video tutorial below. Below is the list of […]
Guide to Conductive Thread
Guide to Conductive Thread In this guide, we’ll discuss some properties of conductive thread, tips and tricks, and ways you might use this versatile material in your paper circuit projects. What is it? How might you use it? Conductive thread is a fiber that conducts electricity. Because it is thin and flexible, like ordinary thread, conductive […]
Haunted House Pt. 2: Light Colors in Sequence Tutorial
Spooky Sensor! In our introductory tutorial, Haunted House Pt. 1: Intro to Pressure Sensors, we show you how to create a haunted house with interactive gravestones, using pressure sensors made from conductive plastic. In this tutorial, we will teach you how to use a pressure sensor to make the same haunted house light up, one […]
Haunted House Pt. 1: Intro to Pressure Sensors Tutorial
Tricks & Switches! In this tutorial, inspired by K-Fai Steele’s interactive work, Tickytown, we will teach you how to use flaps of pressure sensitive conductive plastic to add special effects your paper to circuit projects. When you touch the gravestones near this haunted house, different LEDs will gently fade on and off. In Haunted House […]