Makeshop™

A creative space to play with ideas, explore materials, and tinker with tools.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

Makeshop Guest: Leah Beuchley

This week Leah Buechley came to visit! It was exciting. A little introduction: Leah Buechley was a major contributor to the development of the Lilypad Arduino, and is a professor at the MIT Media Lab . Her research group… “…integrates high and low technological materials, processes, and cultures. Our primary aim is to engage diverse audiences in designing and building their…

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Leah Buechley came to visit!

Leah Buechley, from the MIT Media Lab, paid the Museum a visit a couple of weeks ago.  She is an amazing maker, an amazing teacher, and an amazing person.  She gave a talk at the Museum about integrating technology into other mediums.  I could tell just from her posture how enthusiastic she is about her work and the work of…

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