maker cities meetup: singapore
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Singapore:City for Makers
Maker City Meetup 6 Apr 2014 Shenzhen
William [email protected]
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First Maker Event
• First Mini Maker Faire in 2012
• Organized by the Science Centre Singapore in conjunction with the Singapore Science Festival
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Meetups
• Jan 2013 at HackerspaceSG (25 in attendance)
• Feb 2014 at Home-Fix HQ (200 in attendance)
(source: Funbiestdios)
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Maker-friendly Spaces
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What makes Singapore unique?
• Bringing back ‘Kampung’ (village) spirit
• Using technology to draw out the humanity in all of us
(source: SL2)
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Some differences..
• Garage culture vs kampung innovation
• Top-down vs ground-up community
• Open sharing vs ‘kiasu’ mentality (about ideas copied by someone else)
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Making in the open(source: SL2)
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Ground-up innovators
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Hurdles
• No full public-access makerspace
• Makers perceived as DIY hobbyists
• Cost of rental
• Restrictions by local authorities
• Sticky about IP
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What we may be seeing in the next few years..
• Making = hacking
• More ground-up hardware start-up
• More engagement with policy-makers
• Strangers to Makers to Fans to Founders
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