All this week we’re posting reports from our Global Geek Tour to China. We brought lots of stuff back to give away, so be on the look out for freebies along the way. Each day will have a video, pictures, and giveaways. Monday: Apliu Street electronics market in Hong Kong Tuesday: Shenzhen Maker Faire, China’s […]
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WORKSHOP VIDEO #14: Global Geek Tour China preview
We toured the prime geek locations in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China on our penultimate Global Geek Tour. Monday thru Friday of next week we’ll have videos, pictures, and giveaways. Here’s a quick preview. Don’t miss a single day or giveaway next week.
Global Geek Tour: Sjaak’s score from Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China
This is a little grab of some of the things Sjaak came home with from our Global Geek Tour of China this week. This pile has 5 little breadboard, 5 LCD/OLED breakout boards for plastic ribbon FPC connectors, 2 shiny LiPo batteries with a capacity of 800mAh, and a spool of black thin wire. We […]
Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Apliu Street Hong Kong score
Our geek tour of China started with Apliu Street, Hong Kong’s version of Akihabara. It has a few well-stocked electronics stores with online prices, but it’s not big enough to be a global geek destination on its own. A store with a big HAKKO sign had a nice range of irons and soldering stuff. Here’s […]
Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Hua Qiang Bei (SEG Market) score
We’ve scarcely been back for 3 hours, but already Sjaak and Ian are in IRC unboxing their toys from Hua Qiang Bei. First, the big lesson we learned. For years we’ve heard about SEG Market and the component shops, but it’s actually part of a whole neighborhood of electronics distributor complexes much like Akihabara or […]
Our Shenzhen score stashed away in our baggage
All our market scores carefully packed in dirty socks and underwear. Unlike previous trips we did have to buy extra bags and pay for excess baggage on the way back.
Shenzhen Global Geek Tour preview
We’re on the way back with tons of film and goodies to give away. Sjaak and Ian return tomorrow and the posts and giveaways will begin. We met a ton of suppliers with great stuff we’re going to try to get into the Seeed shop. Here’s a quick picture to give you a preview. There’s […]
Hua Qiang Bei District electronics market in Shenzhen, China
Guys over at Seeed wrote about their neighborhood, the Hua Qiang Bei District located in Shenzhen China. This is arguably the largest electronics market in the world. Covering several city blocks populated by ten story buildings all blistering with electronics shops. This will be our next Global Geek Tour which we’ll be visiting in April. […]
Vote for Iron Hack on Facebook, send Hacker Space Seoul to Bejing
Help Hacker Space Seoul take Iron Hack to Beijing with a vote on Facebook. Iron Hack is a workshop organized by Hacker Space Seoul where participants have 2 hours to build something meaningful, or artistically pleasing with a soldering iron. With enough votes on Facebook they score a free trip to Maker Carnival 1 in […]
First open hardware gathering in China
Seeed featured an article about the first open hardware gathering in China on their blog: This is the very first conference in China about open hardware, and surely will trigger much more events and activities. Hackerspaces are born all over China like bamboo shoots, and spreading the Maker movement in its region, more people interested […]