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Translucent Surfboard #Made in MakerBay

What better way to start 2017 with the completion of an awesome project – surfing board made of cardboard! So excited to send them off to the ocean after seeing all the fun and hard work they’ve put in. Family projects are the best! #making2017 #oceankids #makerbaymember 以成功完成一個項目來開始2017 – 自製紙皮滑浪板。 一家人一起做的項目最棒了! Good

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HKFP reports “Disposable society? Meet the Hongkongers who repair instead of replace”

Original article : https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/31/fix-it-the-hong-kong-diy-enthusiasts-who-repair-instead-of-replace/31 December 2016 00:00 Varsity 10 min read By Rubie Fan, Karin Li, Cindy Gu and Wing Chan Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po is lined with shops and stalls selling electronic components and parts for appliances. But it is getting harder to find any that will also do repairs. Mr

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Maker Education in Holm Glad No.2 Primary School

MakerBay is very honoured to be one of the educational partners of the Jockey Club ‘Learning by Doing’ Academy (LBD) of Holm Glad No.2 Primary School to bring the joy of making and citizen science to local primary school students. On 10th December, an official opening ceremony of the LBD was held.

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Sapphire Voyager, MakerBay Electric Vehicle prototype in Makery

We are very lucky to have a nice article in French on Makery by Cherise Wong. Thank you!http://www.makery.info/2016/12/13/la-voiture-de-demain-selon-makerbay-est-un-salon-electrique-autonome/ Article in English : http://www.makery.info/en/2016/12/13/la-voiture-de-demain-selon-makerbay-est-un-salon-electrique-autonome/ — Publié le 13 décembre 2016 par Cherise Fong A l’heure de la voiture électrique pour tous, avec véhicules autonomes à l’horizon, le premier makerspace de Hong Kong a réalisé un prototype

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Maker Niles Mak in the Media!

We are so glad to see our maker Niles Mak featured in the media – well done! Support Niles Mak Campaign on Fringebacker to bring back the #StreetFood Culture with affordable and collapsible food carts! https://www.fringebacker.com/zh-tw/projects/traditional-food-truck-go-go-go/

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Makers take the stage at Design Detour

Fiona Ching, MakerBay Managing Director takes the stage to talk about MakerBay and how we can empower HK makers. Makerbay.net Lio Lunesu talks about his work, electronic culture, DimSumLab and the experience he has in the maker communities. His company: https://www.enuma.io/ Gert Grobler talks about HK DIY Bio and how being a

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MakerBay at Design Detour with “Retune / Relight / Remove”

Repost from : http://detour.hk/2016/en/programme/retune-relight-remove/ Name of the work: “Retune / Relight / Remove” Location: Verandah H5D, Hollywood, PMQ Host: MakerBay, http://makerbay.org Artists: Cheuk Sze-Wing Chloe, http://chloecheuk.com and Cheuk Wing-Nam, http://www.evilagnivv.com Instead of building monumental art pieces, both artists would like to challenge themselves to use e-waste to create and give new life to them with

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Ms. Angie Zhou

Education Specialist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Angie Zhou is an Education Specialist at MIT App Inventor. She was the founder and CEO of Dreams Come True in Shenzhen, where she developed online coding courses for kids. She also has previous curriculum development, teaching and staff training experience at First Code Academy in Hong Kong.