Project Bloks is an open hardware platform for developers, designers, and researchers to build the next generation of tangible programming experiences for kids.
The system is made of three main components: a Brain Board, Base Boards, and Pucks. Together, they can control things like toys, IoT devices, or applications on a computer/tablet.
The boards can be covered with any material or form you like, and can be arranged in different ways to create different experiences.
Pucks are easy to make – for example by cutting paper and drawing a capacitive signature with conductive ink. This enables an infinite number of commands to be easily made quickly, by anyone.
Project Bloks is still in active research. To find out more, watch our launch film (below) and visit projectbloks.withgoogle.com
Creative agency:
Google Creative Lab London
Creatives (alphabetical):
Graeme Hall
Hana Tanimura
Jayme Goldstein
João Wilbert
Justin Li
Zebedee Pedersen
Design and art direction:
Hana Tanimura
Design support (alphabetical):
Mary Leonard
Sofía Clausse
Film and animation (alphabetical):
Across the Pond
Doug Hindson
Justin Li
Max McCabe
Nearly Normal
Th1ng
Producers (alphabetical):
Alex de Castro
Lou Trethewey
Natalie Goburdhun
Website build:
Potato
Sam Honigstein
Photography:
Robert Couto
Project partners (alphabetical):
IDEO
Paulo Blikstein (Stanford)
Research at Google