Introduction to the occasion
On November 16 and seventeenth, Chaihuo Maker Area in affiliation with Seeed Studio and Make: organized the Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024, which was held on the Vanke Cloud Design Commune in Nanshan, Shenzhen, China. The occasion’s theme was “Enchant All the pieces with AI,” which consisted of a Maker Discussion board, Tech Utility Exhibition, Innovation Workshops, Satellite tv for pc Occasions and different sections. Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024 gathered 120+ exhibitors from China and several other different nations and attracted skilled guests from practically 20 nations and greater than 20 provinces in China.
Maker Discussion board: All about how makers can construct AI
This part consisted of specialists, students, entrepreneurs and makers within the discipline of AI to debate the most recent improvement developments of AI, share their modern tales and profitable experiences, encourage extra individuals to affix the wave of AI innovation and promote the recognition and utility of AI throughout numerous use-cases. This was a full-day occasion and consisted of 20+ audio system throughout the globe delivering such inspiring and insightful talks!
Within the “The AI-driven Maker Period” session, the discussion board featured six necessary company, together with Eric Migicovsky, Founding father of Pebble watch, Beeper; Eric Pan, Founding father of Chaihuo Maker Area, Founding father of Seeed; Derek Qian, Advertising and marketing Director of Arm China; Sharron Liu, Robotics Resolution Architect of NVIDIA; Taotao Zhang, Head of Challenge Heart of Innox Shenzhen; and CX Strategist of Omi.me, Arseniy Sergeyev, specialists, enterprise leaders, expertise leaders {and professional} makers within the discipline of AI got here collectively to give attention to the present cutting-edge advances, improvement developments and utility situations of AI expertise. From the views of “AI+{Hardware}/Software program, Advertising and marketing Tendencies, Technological Development,” they addressed how AI can change into a robust driving pressure for the makers’ motion to understand the long run worth and promote the innovation and sustainable improvement of varied industries.
Eric Pan, Founding father of Seeed Studio delivering his speak
Pan and Migicovsky mentioned on the subject of “Do Not Construct an AI Startup.” They touched upon the alternatives and improvement of Shenzhen, analyzed how its adjustments are attracting makers again, talked in regards to the path of startups and {hardware} innovation, survival and breakthrough methods beneath the strain of restricted assets and large competitors, mentioned the long run worth of AI + {hardware}, and find out how to outline a superb AI product.
Eric Pan and Eric Migicovsky within the “Do Not Construct an AI Startup” speak
Within the “AI for Science” session, the organizer of Chaihuo Maker Area, along with the Mild Cone Frontier Science and Expertise Fund initiated by Guokr Future Mild Cone, invited students and business pioneers within the discipline of cutting-edge science: Jianxi Luo, Professor of Programs Engineering on the Metropolis College of Hong Kong; Max Yin, Assistant Professor on the Metropolis College of Hong Kong; Boxiang Wang, Co-Founder and CTO of Hyperlink-Spider; Henri PANG, Better China Area Strategic Consultant at Kickstarter PBC; You Chen, Founding father of Guangzhou Eacinbio Co., Ltd.; Chen Xiong – Affiliate Professor, Deputy Dean of the Division of Civil Engineering, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering at Shenzhen College; Jianjun Zhuang, Professor at Nanjing College of Data Science and Expertise, Director of Engineering Coaching Heart. They mentioned the most recent cutting-edge advances within the fusion of AI and cross-disciplinary and the core challenges, in-depth exploration of “AI + Science.”
Audio system for the “AI for Science” speak
Within the “AI for Good” session, the company had been principally practitioners from worldwide organizations, environmental safety, scientific analysis and different fields. They shared the good potential and function of AI in selling sustainable improvement and mentioned find out how to responsibly use AI to understand the deep integration of science and expertise innovation and social values and promote the development of an inclusive, truthful, and affluent society.
Audio system for the “AI for Good” speak
Within the “Cyber Farm” session, audio system confirmed how applied sciences similar to IoT and AI are enhancing productiveness and creating new alternatives in rural areas. By means of this platform, the company shared how they make the most of digital expertise to empower the countryside, enhance the effectivity of agricultural manufacturing, and produce unprecedented improvement alternatives to the countryside. In the meantime, the discussion board additionally invited specialists and students within the discipline of agricultural science and representatives of the media to conduct in-depth exchanges and sharing of the most recent developments, challenges and sensible experiences of the digital countryside, to work collectively for the affluent improvement of digital agriculture.
Audio system for the “Cyber Farm” session
Tech Utility Expo: Showcasing the most recent and biggest expertise merchandise and innovation tasks from throughout the globe
With the theme of “Enchant All the pieces with AI,” Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024 witnessed a load of AI-enabled merchandise and {hardware} prototypes. There have been 120+ exhibitors from 20+ nations who had been chosen to showcase their tasks and merchandise on this occasion of which 30% consisted of AI {hardware} tasks. In accordance with the organizers, within the two-day exhibition, this 12 months’s expertise functions confirmed tasks, packages, and merchandise served by the business, primarily specializing in AI, robotics, clever manufacturing, science and expertise schooling, leisure, good metropolis and good agriculture.
Many acquainted business pioneers additionally appeared at Maker Faire Shenzhen to exhibit, similar to NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi, Seeed Studio, Ultralytics, Makeblock, and different well-known corporations. On this period of speedy improvement, faculties and universities deliver collectively wonderful analysis abilities and assets to advertise the breakthrough and utility of key applied sciences. This 12 months’s summit additionally converged 18 faculties and universities from everywhere in the nation, together with Shenzhen Metropolis Vocational Faculty, Shenzhen Vocational and Technical College, Shenzhen College, Southwest Jiaotong College, North Central College, Xijiaotong Liverpool College, Nanfang College of Science and Expertise, Tsinghua College, and plenty of different faculties and universities.
There’s additionally a video demonstration of many of those displays obtainable by Make:, be at liberty to have a look!
Innovation Workshops: Empowering makers with hands-on studying
This 12 months, MFSZ24, in collaboration with business innovation companions and exhibitor companions, organized 21 thematic hands-on workshops. They had been primarily divided into “Industrial Innovation Workshop” and “Interactive Expertise Workshop.”
The Industrial Innovation Workshops had been organized by Kittenbot, Chaihuo Maker Area, Seeed, DIGUA Robotics, Arm China, and ABeam, the place contributors had been led by skilled instructors to expertise the sense of feat of getting began with arduous applied sciences and ponder the chances of making use of the applied sciences to real-life situations on the similar time. This 12 months’s summit featured a complete of 5 industrial innovation workshops, together with the SiRider S1 Growth Board Analysis Workshop, Arduino Miniaturization, and tinyML Utility Workshop, RDK X5 Growth Workshop for DIGUA Robotics, AI Mannequin Creation Workshop, Superior Notion System Workshop, and Digital DX Workshop.
The AI Modeling Workshop showcased find out how to seamlessly combine AI expertise with {hardware} by means of Silicon Energy’s SenseCraft AI platform without having to have an AI background. The Interactive Expertise Workshop, alternatively, was collectively organized by the organizing committee and several other exhibitors and groups, specializing in interactivity and leisure, and was dedicated to offering a possibility to expertise the appeal of science and expertise up shut and private!
Co-located & Satellite tv for pc Occasions
This 12 months Maker Faire Shenzhen additionally witnessed three satellite tv for pc occasions particularly NVIDIA Tutorial, Maker Flash Speak, and Maker Tea Home. All three occasions had been centred on the connection between AI and makers, the place AI offers makers with extra automation instruments and open assets, enabling them to give attention to creativity, discover new potentialities, and drive the delivery of extra environment friendly and personalised merchandise and options.
Conclusion
Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024 was a blast for everybody. From such nice displays to new merchandise showcased by numerous corporations, it was all in all an amazing occasion for all makers inside us!
I used to be grateful to showcase my OraCAN venture at Maker Faire Shenzhen this 12 months.
Lastly particular due to the organizing crew and all of the supporting corporations and their employees for giving us such fond recollections.
Organizing staff and supporting members
