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Visiting a Motor Factory in Shenzhen

Visiting a Motor Factory in Shenzhen

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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MAKE friend Akiba of Freaklabs visited a DC motor factory with some friends. Lotus is a medium sized motor manufacturer and the facility we visited manufactures DC motors. They have a separate facility to manufacture stepper motors as well, but we were not able to go to that factory. Once we arrived at the factory, […]

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China’s First Maker Faire This Sunday in Shenzhen

China’s First Maker Faire This Sunday in Shenzhen

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Eric Pan, the founder and CEO of Seeed Technology and co-founder of Chaihuo makerspace, describes himself an Open Source Hardware Facilitato. Not surprising, then, that he’s the person behind the first Maker Faire in China, this Saturday’s Shenzhen Mini Maker Faire.

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