China is an amazing land of opportunity, and if you want to build anything, you can build it in Shenzhen. This city that was just a small fishing village a few decades ago has grown into a cyberpunk metropolis of eleven million and has become the manufacturing capital of the world. You’re probably reading this on a device made somewhere around Shenzhen.
For this week’s Hack Chat, we’re going to be talking about manufacturing in Shenzhen. We’re bringing in a very special guest for this one: [Naomi Wu] is a Cantonese DIY maker, professional web dev, transhumanist, electronics reviewer, occasional Hackaday contributor, vlogger, 3D printerer, advocate of women in STEM, SexyCyborg, and a riot on Twitter. [Naomi] also lives and works in Shenzhen, and is tapped into the DIY and maker culture there. She’s created 3D printed pen testing shoes, a Raspberry Pi cosmetics case, and infinity skirts.
This Friday (or Saturday, depending on which side of the date line you’re on), [Naomi] is going to be talking about manufacturing, making, DIY, and Shenzhen culture. Of particular interest will be electronics purchasing and manufacturing in Shenzhen, designing wearable projects with an emphasis on power and thermal design, documenting projects, and Shenzhen culture. This is basically an AMA, so if you have any questions you’d like to ask, throw them up in this spreadsheet.
Here’s How To Take Part:
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I don’t even think Benchoff wrote this post. I think he got a man to do it.
The missing A in STEM is certainly suspicious.
It isn’t missed…
I caught that too. I thought it would be STEAMLGBTQABCXYZ by now so no one would feel left out. Of course, people would feel left out, and we’d just have to throw the whole alphabet in. But then people would feel bad because their letter came later than other letters.
So I guess the answer is a letter-sphere that can be viewed from every angle and represents every idea and individual identity in the universe in a way that is perceived as equal by everyone (except the blind or illiterate). It may be necessary to utilize a few extra dimensions to fully represent everything.
I mean, Benchoff could just be replaced I guess, but where would we get our fidget spinner news and elitist commentary from?
“China is an amazing land of opportunity, and if you want to build anything, you can build it in Shenzhen.”
People, one at a time. ;-)
“For this week’s Hack Chat, we’re going to be talking about manufacturing in Shenzhen. We’re bringing in a very special guest for this one: [Naomi Wu] is a Cantonese DIY maker, professional web dev, transhumanist, electronics reviewer, occasional Hackaday contributor, vlogger, 3D printerer, advocate of women in STEM, SexyCyborg, and a riot on Twitter. ”
Trans-humanism is one of those subjects harder to explore in depth.
What happened to Thursday?
(Obscure movie reference)
She’s with the Snowden’s of yesterday, I presume…