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[Paul] wrote in to submit this video introduction to the Xin Che Jian hackerspace in Shanghai. It appears as though they have a fairly active space there, with several ongoing projects. They show off a range of things from an intelligent wireless power strip to aquaponics. The space seems to have the usual amenities such as project storage and a machine shop. The familiar sound of someone explaining that several of the tools are “almost working” reminds us that it is a small world, and we’re all pretty much the same.
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seems a bit crowded, but a critical flaw in the explanation of the aquaponics the plants dont get oxygen from the fish the plants make the oxygen for us!
i’m a member of xinchejian, it’s great to be there and a welcome to shanghai, lots of people with over 80 members so far. dont pick on jia-qi – it was hard enough getting the people i got in the video, camera shy and english shy.. good job to everyone! i should make a new video with “bits i couldn’t show” everyone is busy preparing for the upcoming maker carnival in shanghai in November expecting over 150,000 visitors over 3 days! send an email to xinchejian if you’re interested in helping out
Nice place…would like to make one here in Shikoku….
Have to find some nice looking girl to do the hydroponics bay here too!
“seems a bit crowded” – welcome to Asia! But the crowding at Xinchejian is more from the amount of activity than small space.
“but a critical flaw in the explanation…” – that was a typical slight imperfection from a non-native English speaker. Her English is about a million times better than my Chinese :)
Awesome. Loved the plant hacking ;).
Also the wifi router that is openwrt based and only costs 12$. Are there any links on ebay for this cause that’s a great price!!!! I would be able to use that on a lot of hack projects ;)
Oops it’s 35 euro here in belgium:
http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/Nano-routeur-sans-fil-N-TP-Link-TL-WR702N-150Mbps-/170815777896?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_23&hash=item27c569ec68
Better stick to my raspberry then as it packs more goods for same price…
I was in Shanghai doing some “shopping” and was having problems trying to find some bits while rapidly running out of time before the flight back home. In desperation I emailed Xin Che Jian looking for some pointers on where to buy.
Not only did they find the bits I was looking for, someone went and collected them from the suppliers and got them back to their space so all I had to do was go and pick them up.
I spent a couple of happy hours there chatting about various projects and was made most welcome!
The guys and girls there have done a great job getting their space running and it’s certainly a lot more “active” than my local space in the UK. I saw 3 new members who signed up in the couple of hours I was there.
Good luck guys and thanks again for the help!
Great video, Paul. The new space looks amazing, can’t wait to come back and visit you guys again.
I wouldn’t say that crowded at all compared to the hackerspaces I went to in Europe & Japan, specially if it’s their open day. The fish tank does look crowded though :(