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Leah Buechley: How to “sketch” with electronics
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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.
Leah Buechley is an MIT electronics designer who mixes high and low tech to create smart and playful results. Full bio »
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