The Sketchbook has five circuit concepts: parallel circuits, switches, and resistance-based sensors. Every activity comes with a circuit theory lesson, a template with a drawing activity, and an open-ended activity to design and create your circuits.
Since the circuits are completed right on the book's pages, you will have an interactive sketchbook of working circuits to refer to as you design your projects. Best of all, you'll be able to learn new electronics concepts while also expressing yourself in whole new ways!
Use these peel-and-stick circuits to add electronics to any sticker-friendly surface: paper, fabric, plastic, the sky's the limit! Circuit Stickers are an approachable way to learn and create electronics through craft, whether you're just starting with circuits or lighting up your favorite art, craft, or science project.
The kit includes:
- 1 Circuit Sticker Sketchbook
- 12 circuit stickers (6 white, two yellow, two red, and two blue)
- Two binder clips
- Two coin cell batteries
- One roll of copper tape (16 feet/5M)
- One strip of pressure-sensitive conductive plastic
Meet the Maker:
Chibitronics is the evolution of Jie Qi’s PhD research at the MIT Media Lab. Exploring the intersection of technology and art, as well as her passion for papercraft, Jie focused her research on paper circuits, combining the simplicity and expressive flexibility of paper with the computational possibilities of electronics.
From there, Circuit Stickers were developed, and with the help of Andrew “bunnie” Huang and Patricia Ng, evolved into the Chibitronics Toolkits. We hope to continue sharing this new way of learning circuits and creating artwork, so that everyone can become technology creators!
What makes me most excited is to see others beginning to embrace the idea that art, design, engineering, and storytelling do not need to be split — that technology can be expressive, emotional and accessible. That it doesn’t take an expert or an engineering degree to participate, and inspiring technologies can come from anyone.
In fact, the majority of people who create paper circuits with Chibitronics are girls and women, which is extremely unusual for an electronics toolkit. I’m especially inspired by our craft design team and many of our teaching ambassadors, a group of more than 20 artists and educators, 90% of whom are women, who create endless new takes on beautiful paper circuitry and then share their work in resources, tutorials, and training workshops so everyone else can create too.
Jie Qi
