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Cesar Jung-Harada 🌏

Greater Bay Maker Tour (Hong Kong & Shenzhen)

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Even if we left Hong Kong about a year ago, I often get asked “what cool maker spaces should I see in Hong Kong / Shenzhen?”. Here you go.

The Hong Kong Maker Mecca: Let the students explore this area.

  1. Sham Shui Po, especially this exact shop: WECL Electronics retailer:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/4R6MsnndWHvGZ8YM9

Grassroots/community based:

  1. MakerBay Foundation: https://makerbay.net/
  2. Making on Loft: https://www.makingonloft.org/
  3. DimSumLab: https://www.dimsumlabs.com/
  4. MakerHive (Coworking): https://makerhive.com.hk/

HK University:

  1. HKU (Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing) : https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_21321.html
  2. HKU Architecture Robotic Fabrication Lab: https://www.arch.hku.hk/resources/fabrication-laboratory/machinery-methods/robotics-lab/
  3. MIT Innovation Node: https://hkinnovationnode.mit.edu/facilities/ (in HKPC building)

Government:

  1. HKPC Makerspace: https://twitter.com/brincvc/status/976069013158608902
  2. HKSTP Robotics Garage at HK Science & Technology Park: https://www.makertour.fr/workshops/robotics-garage

Commercial:

  1. PMQ, HK’s Design Boutiques: https://www.pmq.org.hk/
  2. The Mills (Artsy Mall), and the Mills Fabrica (Innovative company incubator): https://www.themills.com.hk/en/ | https://www.themillsfabrica.com/

In Shenzhen, you would want to visit:

  1. Huaqiangbei, the magnificent electronics market: https://youtu.be/yuphJN8ntZM?si=hx--DM2HsVPXCA9f | https://www.elecrow.com/blog/intro-about-huaqiangbei-electronic-market-and-source-electronic-parts-here.html
  2. Chaihuo (Seeed Studio), the OG makerspace of Shenzhen: https://www.chaihuo.org/
  3. TroubleMaker: https://troublemaker.site/
  4. And the last one, but members of the public are unlikely to be granted casual access, the world’s most productive hardware startup incubator and absolute powerhouse: https://hax.co/

If you want to bring your students and learn about the “Hardware Hacker” mindset, you can learn from

  1. MIT Hacking Manufacturing: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/hacking-manufacturing-research-on-the-factory-floor/
  2. Swiss CHIC Programme: https://chi.camp/

Both, make hands-on prototyping the heart of the trip. Not just being tourists, going there with the goal of making a real-life project in a limited amount of time and budget.

Before going, you should watch:

And read:

https://www.chinaimportal.com/blog/hardware-accelerators-hong-kong-shenzhen/

Enjoy your journey. Warmly, Cesar