I first heard about Jie Qi, a recent Ph.d. from the MIT Media Lab, when she launched “circuit stickers” while she was still a graduate student. Conductive stickers and ultra-thin components made it possible to create paper notebooks with electronic functions, combining drawing, writing, electronics, and programming — words that light up when you touch them, for example. Her fundamental philosophy is “arts and crafts are really fun and accessible to a broad, diverse audience. And, technology is really fun but […]

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