1. Singapore:
City for Makers
Maker City Meetup 6 Apr 2014 Shenzhen
William Hooi
william@sgmakers.com
Sunday, 6 April, 14

2. First Maker Event
• First Mini Maker Faire in 2012
• Organized by the Science
Centre Singapore in
conjunction with the
Singapore Science Festival
Sunday, 6 April, 14

3. Meetups
• Jan 2013 at
HackerspaceSG (25
in attendance)
• Feb 2014 at Home-
Fix HQ (200 in
attendance)
(source: Funbiestdios)
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4. Maker-friendly Spaces
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5. What makes Singapore
unique?
• Bringing back
‘Kampung’
(village) spirit
• Using
technology to
draw out the
humanity in
all of us
(source: SL2)
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6. Some differences..
• Garage culture vs kampung innovation
• Top-down vs ground-up community
• Open sharing vs ‘kiasu’ mentality (about
ideas copied by someone else)
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7. Making in the open
(source: SL2)
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8. Ground-up innovators
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9. Hurdles
• No full public-access makerspace
• Makers perceived as DIY hobbyists
• Cost of rental
• Restrictions by local authorities
• Sticky about IP
(source:Techinasia)
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10. What we may be seeing
in the next few years..
• Making = hacking
• More ground-up hardware start-up
• More engagement with policy-makers
• Strangers to Makers to Fans to Founders
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11. Thank you!
william@sgmakers.com
Sunday, 6 April, 14