The document is a personal account by Yuko Kondo about her trip to Shenzhen, focusing on the maker movement and hardware startups in the city. She discusses her experiences at the Maker Faire, notable locations like Seeed Studio and Haxlr8r, and her interest in becoming a maker herself. Kondo expresses a desire to improve her English skills and create something tangible after her visit.

1. My#Maker#Trip#to#Shenzhen
1000#speakers#Conference#in#English#19#
@kondoyuko

2. self#introduc>on
• My#name:#Yuko#Kondo#
– a.k.a##kondoyuko#or#Yukorin#
• My#job:#Editor#of#the#Web#magazine#for#
soGware#developer#
• Today’s#topic:#Maker#movement#in#
Shenzhen#(located#in#south#of#China)#

3. Agenda
1. Why#did#I#go#to#Shenzhen#?#
2. #What#did#I#see#in#Shenzhen#
– landscape#&#electric#town#
– Maker#Faire#Shenzhen#
– Hardware#Startup#&#accelerator#
3. What#I#want#to#do#next#

4. Shenzhen
by#Uwe#Dedering hXps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_edcp_loca>on_map.svg
Here!

5. Why#did#I#go#to#Shenzhen#?
• Shenzhen#is#famous#to#electric#city#and#
Maker#( )#movement.#
• My#friend#@tks#hosts#Shenzhen#Maker#
Tour#( )#and#I’m#very#
interested#in#Shenzhen.#
• I#par>cipated#in#the#3rd#round#of#tour.#

6. Shenzhen#landscape

7. electric#town#

9. means#“Maker#Center”

11. Maker#Faire#Shenzhen

16. Aki#Party
• Aki#Party#is#the#dance#party#for#Geeks#
(Aki#means#Akihabara)#.#
• It#was#held#in#the#last#day#of#Maker#Faire#
Shenzhen.#
• Many#Japanese#DJ#parformed#in#the#
party.#
• Aki#Party#also#will#be#held#in#Shinjuku#July#
25th.#

19. Tour#dates
day#1#
– Seeed#Studio#(hardware#manufacturing#
support)#
– Make#Block#(hardware#startup)#
– Genesis#(hardware#manufacturing)#
day#2#
– BGI#(Beijing#genomics#ins>tute)#
– HAXLR8R#(hardware#accerelator)#

20. Seeed#Studio

21. Seeed#Studio
• Seeed#supports#who#want#to#make#(from#
dreamer#to#hardware#corpora>on).#
ex.#
– dreamer#(who#has#only#idea)#:#Seeed#sell#
kits#(ex.Arduino)#to#them#
– hardware#corpora>on#:#Seeed#helps#their#
mass#produc>on.#

22. hXp://www.slideshare.net/seeedstudio/designgfromgmanufacturegohs2014

23. HAXLR8R#(HAX)

24. HAXLR8R#(HAX)
• HAX#is#the#accerelator#for#hardware#
startup.#
– like#“Y#combinator”#
• HAX#supports#hardware#startups#to#
prototype,#launch,#make#and#sell.#
– “launch”#means#to#start#project#in#
Kickstarter#

25. Make#Block#(the#first#HAX#project)

26. What#I#want#to#do#next#
• I#want##to#listen#and#speak#English#well.#
• I#want#to#be#a#maker.#I#want#to#make#
something.#

27. China’s#lolita#fashion#girls

28. China’s#lolita#fashion#girls#
Her#headdress#flashed.##
So#priXy!!!!!

29. Fashion#to#kill##
the#cherry#boy
hXps://twiXer.com/key774/status/617886788997152768

30. What#I#want#to#make#these#cloth
meets
hXps://twiXer.com/key774/status/617886788997152768
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