Jie Qi
Jie Qi is an engineer, designer and entrepreneur who blends paper craft and storytelling with electronics and programming. She is co-founder of Chibitronics, which produces friendly toolkits for learning and making electronics using paper craft. Jie holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab and a BS in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. Her goal is to spread engineering as an expressive medium for audiences beyond traditional technology communities. She is also currently researching open approaches to invention, manufacturing and entrepreneurship.
Artem Dementyev
Artem Dementyev is a PhD student in the Responsive Environments Group at the MIT Media Lab. In his research he builds new sensor platforms. The application areas fall into many disciplines; tangible and wearable interfaces, robotics and medical applications. His research has been presented at various conferences such as CHI, UIST and Ubicomp. Artem received an undergraduate degree in Bioengineering at University of Maryland and Master in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.
Photo © Jie Qi & chibitronics.com
Chibitronics is an evolution of Jie Qi’s passion for combining technology and art through making electronics using paper craft. The circuit stickers were developed as part of her PhD research at the MIT Media Lab. Together with her co-workers, Jie’s research has evolved into the Chibitronics toolkits. They hope to share this new way of learning circuits and creating artwork, so that everyone can become technology creators!
The workshop has two options. You can choose the ones you prefer to attend. FREE!
Photo © Jie Qi & chibitronics.com
Paper electronics combines art and craft with electronics by using craft materials like conductive tapes and Chibitronics LED stickers to build circuits. By using friendly materials like paper to build circuits, we invite learners to use skills and familiarity they already have as an on-ramp to learning new concepts in electronics. In this workshop, participants will get an introduction to circuit building and discover the magical possibilities of using technology to make artwork come to life, as well as using art to make technology beautiful and personally meaningful. This workshop is for those who have little to no experience building electronics but are excited to learn more!
1. Short Drop-in Workshop
Time: Mar 31 (Sat) & Apr 1 (Sun) 14:00 - 18:00
Location: 2nd Layer Maker Space in Main Gallery "Minding the Digital", SWCAC (tickets needed to enter)
Visitors will learn to make a simple light-up card with copper tape and LED stickers, and then decorate them to personalize their electronic creations. We will provide printed templates (which instructions translated into Chinese) and required materials.
2. Two-hour Long Workshop
Time: Mar 31 (Sat) 14:30 - 18:30
Location: 2nd Floor Learning Space, Sea World Culture and Arts Center
How to Participate: Booking
Visitors will learn to make a simple light-up card with copper tape and LED stickers, and then decorate them to personalize their electronic creations. We will provide printed templates (which instructions translated into Chinese) and required materials.
