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Hacked Matter. Eric on the Cover of Forbes China. Eric (Founder & CEO of Seeed Studio) is on the cover of Forbes China, yeah!

Eric on the Cover of Forbes China

Eric is on the annual listing of the “30 under 30” on Forbes China. We are super delighted to see that Open Hardware, Maker Culture and Maker Movement have attracted more and more attention here in China, which is a great trend. We are proud to be among the maker community:) We are so excited to see that Open Hardware has been recognized gradually. In the past 5 years, we’ve tried our best to provide better products and services to the community. Of course, above all, we’d love to express our heartfelt gratitude to our customers, distributors, cooperated designers, and many others in the open hardware community.

This fabulous community provides us with a lot of resources, motivation and inspiration etc. Let’s join hands to make open hardware benefit more people, and bring changes to this world. Monitor: Made in China.  ACM Interactions. Authors: Silvia Lindtner, David Li Hackerspaces are shared studios that bring together people committed to the free and open sharing of software and hardware, as well as ideas and knowledge.

 ACM Interactions

As of April 2012, there are more than 500 active hackerspaces in existence worldwide, making them a global phenomenon [1]. A typical studio will be equipped with tools that allow for experimenting with the physical/digital boundary—laser cutters, 3-D printers, microcontroller kits, and so forth. Many hackerspaces also host educational workshops where these tools are used to teach others about manipulating the physical environment through software, or vice versa. The global hackerspace movement has helped proliferate a “maker culture” that revolves around both technological and social practices of creative play, peer production, a commitment to open source principles, and a curiosity about the inner workings of technology [2,3]. (literal translation: new workshop, or new factory). Making Community ). Selamta Magazine. Hop on the new high-speed rail line in Guangzhou, China, and within 45 minutes you’ll arrive at the outskirts of Shenzhen.

Selamta Magazine

The city, made famous by its booming manufacturing industry — the engine of Chinese economic growth over the past few decades — is a sprawling region of plain, gated factory buildings and high-rise towers. Visitors often liken its colorful night skyline to a futuristic film set. But set foot in OCT LOFT, the city’s ultra-chic arts-and-design district, and you’ll get a taste of a new and different economy. The hiss of latte machines and live jazz are the soundtrack here. Boutiques featuring handmade items fill repurposed industrial buildings, alongside bars and restaurants. On the second floor of Building A5, a cheerful, glass storefront with lime-green walls displays books, toys and curious electronic gadgets. Chaihuo is one of about a dozen such places in China.

China's Growing Maker Movement. Making it in China. Right after the overwhelming experience of Maker Faire Rome I left Europe for a week a quick tour in China.

Making it in China

There are a lot of cool things happening there. I’d been to China twice before for a very short time so this time I wanted to spend a few days to meet with people and take part in some cool events going on in Shanghai and Shenzhen. I accepted an invitation to give a talk about Arduino at the School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and while I was there, William Liang (adjunt assistant professor at the same university) took me to visit the local community at the Dim Sum Lab hackerspace.

Visitng the DimSum Lab hackerspace in Hong Kong. Photo by William Liang. Dim sum is a delicious, Hong Kong speciality composed of a myriad of different, bite-sized delights. I then flew to Shenzhen to meet with the people at SeedStudio who took me around the city to discover the different opportunities this city offers. There are also lots of projects based on Arduino. Related. Made with China – The Professionalization of Make. About the Author: Silvia Lindtner is post-doctoral Fellow at ISTC and Fudan University.

Made with China – The Professionalization of Make

She researches and writes about DIY Maker culture in China. She is currently based in Shenzhen exploring how Chinese manufacturing comes together with IoT start-up culture. Since January 2013, I have been based out of Shenzhen, a city in the southern region of China, bordering Hong Kong, and most widely known as the home to factories such as Foxconn, where firms like Apple and HP manufacture their products.

What brought me to Shenzhen was a new project, part of my long-term ethnographic research on maker and hackerspace culture in China: alongside 10 hardware start-ups, I joined as an on-site ethnographer the HAXLR8R program. HAXLR8R is the first of a growing number of hardware focused accelerator and incubator programs that invest in start-ups born out of the open hardware and maker movement. Made with China I: LightUp Discussing the materials Adjusting stamp Cutting copper Measuring cap size Silicon mold.