This book is an ecosystem that brings inventions to Shenzhen and Singapore and other worlds. Singapore is trying to create innovation with…

This book is an ecosystem that brings inventions to Shenzhen and Singapore and other worlds.
Singapore is trying to create innovation with Smart Nation Initiative, STEM education at the Science Center, and support for educational systems and venture companies.
Singapore’s approach is symbolized by Vivian, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Smart Nation.

**Content volume
**391P (In Japanese)
100,000 characters in Japanese, around 35000 words in English

Performance
Publishd in Japan Mar/2016, Sales of 2,000 copies in 10 monthes.
Even after 8 months have elapsed since the release of this book, the sales ranking in this field has reached 6th place at amazon Japan.

Chapters
Chapter 1 Wrap up again about MakerMovement
 MAKERS Economy, Technology, and Principal.
 -Why MakerMovement are important in society?
 -Open source movement and startup company on software
 -Information revolution reached to the Hardware
 -MakerMovement effort of government and education
 -Science mind is the origin of Makers
 -Indie means become borderless between buyer and seller.
 The layer of Maker Business
 -The function of of Maker Business
 -How become dreamers to Maker?
 -How become Maker to veteran?
 -How become Maker to hardware startup?
 -Hardware startup to company

Chapter 2 Indie Design- Where the Makers bring for us.
 Seeed, hardware innovation platform for makers.
 — Began as a service provider to Makers, now to the hub of ideas
 — Seeed’s business that created a market called doujin hardware
 -Seeed representative, as a background entrepreneur of Eric Pan
 -Seeed’s Agile Manufacture Center (Agency Manufacturing Centers)
Development history of Shenzhen which born Seeed
 — HuaQiangBei where all parts are lined up
 — Provide Shenzhen as a virtualized service Seeed
The birth of indie design hardware
 — Maker = Prototype, Produce, Promotion

Chapter 3 Long and winding road from indie to the company.
 HAX, They accelerate from indie to the company.
 -HAX’s accelaration program
 — From innovator to manufacturer “HAX boost”
 Hardware is HARD!
 -Soilent supply chain (Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang) 
 -History of OTTO, New style GIF Camera
 Possibility of Shenzhen and realistic mass production of hardware: Junichi Fujioka
 — “JENESISI” with its own factory in Shenzhen
 — Conversion from fabless to non-fabless
 — advice for hardware development in Shenzhen
 — Message to Maker who wants to work with JENESIS

Chapter 4 Government and Maker movement
Shenzhen Government and Maker movement\

  • Prime committed to Maker Space\
  • It takes a few weeks to prepare, a big event that toured the city, Maker fair
    -We are makers (Slogan by Chinese Goverment)
    Maker movement in the smallest country in the world Singapore\
  • Fostering engineers, Education State Singapore\
  • Startup in Singapore, a restaurant where drone carries beer\
  • Accumulation of IT investment in Singapore, update of social norms\
  • Prime Minister of Mathematical Guru, Singapore with Geek’s Minister\
  • Aim for the first smart nation in the world

Chapter 5 Ecological System of Japanese Makers to Commit from Japan
Contributed to a large Japanese company, like Shenzhen Contributed by: Inouchi Norio\

  • Realize the pleasure of shaping images\
  • Became a Fab Lab member\
  • How was the hardware venture going?\
  • To advance as a task\
  • Shenzhen tour that was exciting and the subsequent rapid development\
  • From ’experience in Shenzhen’ “Tsukuru to Mu New Land” started\
  • What kind of place do you want?\
  • Signs to start something\
  • “Creating ~ Mum” aims for “a place like Dejima”
    Shenzhen tour experience contribution: Koichiro Eto
    Robotics fashion creator, Akihabara / Shenzhen going contribution: Kyunkin\
  • First time in Shenzhen\
  • Until encountering Make\
  • Makers fired with fire\
  • Akihabara event jumps out to the world’s Maker Fair
    Hardware startup from AKIBA Contributed by Osami Ogasawara

Commentary:
Personal history, city development and innovation over Shenzhen Hiroo Yamagata

By TAKASU Masakazu/高須正和{.p-author .h-card} on March 8, 2017.

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