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Your go-to comprehensive guides about maker education, impact innovation and latest programmes from MakerBay Foundation.

“Sapphire Voyager” with UBS and MakerBay at Gold Coast Motor Festival

We were very excited to show our latest creation “Sapphire Voyager” at the Gold Coast Motor Festival, with the support of UBS. It was not only the concept vehicle, but many other activities that we offered to the visitors :  The promotional video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKlA9x2i1H0  The Making of video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrqmr40GIfI The VR

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Augmented Reality Sandbox at MakerBay

Great work done by MakerBay Staff Jacky Chu and MakerBay Instructor Ken Chew on the “Sandbox”. It’s an amazing interactive way to learn about topography, landscape design for kids and adults. If you are interested in having this interactive installation for an event of yours, or in your school /

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MakerBay Biohackers in SCMP

We are very proud to see MakerBay Biohackers on SCMP doing important work! Read full article here : http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2017906/biohackers-diy-biologists-out-barcode-all-hong-kongs-plants-insects-and “How can you conserve things if you don’t know what is out there and where, asks scientist Gert Grobler, leader of a group aiming to sequence the genes of every living thing

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Creative Hong Kong students build prosthesis to improve 3-legged dog’s life (VIDEO)

Original article By Annette Chan July 8, 2016 / 17:08 HKT on Coconuts HKhttp://hongkong.coconuts.co/2016/07/08/creative-hong-kong-students-build-prosthesis-improve-3-legged-dogs-life-video We were utterly charmed when we saw how hard these inspiring young students from the progressive Harbour School (THS) worked on improving an elderly disabled dog’s quality of life. The pupils, aged 15 to 16, built a prosthesis for the three-legged dog as

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Electric Vehicle Lab @ MakerBay

MakerBay has just taken one step closer to building our electric vehicle for the upcoming Formula E event in October. We are transforming a second hand electric car into a futuristic EV featuring a hardened and perfectly cut shell with a softened and free-flowing body. The car will be showcased in

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MIT HK Innovation Node Kickstart 2016

IssueWestern students lack exposure to the “world’s factory” and this part of the world that is becoming increasingly where innovation happens. Asian students aspire to work with the minds of “the best university in the world”. PropositionMakerBay was the home of MIT Innovation Node “Kickstart” hackathon in 2016, a place where MIT and Hong Kong students can collaborate,

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Meet Tom Chi, May 21, 2016

We were very lucky to have Tom Chi share with Makerbay community some of his current work, thinking, challenges. Below are some notes from the discussion.  http://www.tomchi.com/ | https://twitter.com/thegoodtomchi Tom’s life these days These days : Patent trolling Inventions across the board Current research : Civilisation-level technologies A. Change reflectivity of the

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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.