By 1 min readThis is the final post of, where TechNode visits a handful of Shenzhen-based companies leveraging Shenzhen’s core strength: manufacturing.Shenzhen is becoming an ever dynamic place for startups and makers, and the city now is seeing more companies finding a niche in the market that big factories and notable hardware accelerators could not embrace. Workshop, the Uber of manufacturing to beat big factories, and Trouble Maker, a co-working space for non-professional makers are a good example of that trend. You can see that the manufacturing is moving towards serving much smaller scale of startups and individuals. Here’s our video of visiting Workshop, Trouble Maker and Gravity Innovation. Hope you enjoy it!YoutubeYouku. “Now In Shenzhen” covered six stories on interesting trends emerging in Shenzhen:Workshop is “Uber for manufacturing”, helping hardware startups on manufacturing and scaling production in China, especially when they go through crowdfunding.Trouble Maker is a Shenzhen-based product development platform that works like a co-working space for makers who want to realize their product.Madrasters is a designer community in Shenzhen where people can learn and chat about design trends and network. The key message is “Made In China” needs more expat designers.Focalmax, a Shenzhen-based company that specializes in smart optical technologies and products, says that its artificial intelligence robot combining VR technology will be ready by the end of this year.EcoFlow Tech, the battery startup founded by ex-DJI employees, launched a mobile power station RIVER that can charge up to 11 devices simultaneously.Gravity Innovation wants to encourage young students to get interested in space with their connected rocket lamp and SpaceGO app.
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Oct 11, 2018 Trouble Maker is a product development community spread across multiple countries, with several locations here in Shenzhen. Headquartered in Huaqiangbei – the electronics market of the world -, it is home to a broad family including Industrial Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Firmware Developers, Software Developers. Highway to Hardware Success! Trouble Maker Shenzhen's Founders, Investors, Employees, Recommendations, Videos, Deals & Jobs.
While looking around for a makerspace in Shenzhen, co-founder Henk Werner noticed there was basically no such thing as a real makerspace with labs, machines, tools and a qualified and active community of people that could help him with guidance and information on how to bring his product to life.In July 2016, Trouble Maker officially opened the doors and since then we have received over 15,000 people. Several thousand have been helped with advice and referrals and several hundred stayed as a member for a period of time.Trouble Maker offers clear and personalized guidance to people who want to produce their hardware product in China. From introducing industrial designers to referrals to component manufacturers and from help with engineering to training on how to protect your Intellectual Property. Trouble Maker is a lively community of Hardware Product Developers with a main physical location in Shenzhen, Huaqiangbei.Trouble maker Huaqiangbei is where you want to be when you’re developing a hardware product in Shenzhen. We have three fully equipped labs with tools for mechanical and electronic engineering, an air-conditioned co-work space with in-house engineers, fast internet, free water, coffee and tea and more.Trouble Maker Longgang is where we make injection molds and manufacture electronics.Trouble Maker Longhua is where we do product assembling.Trouble Maker Bao’an is where we help people land their consumer products in the Chinese market.