The Cross-Strait Youth Maker Competition 2020 started as scheduled and is calling for contestants. Here you will meet the best “senior” makers and the most like-minded partners. All students are welcome to sign up for the “Maker University”.
The competition
The 5th Cross-Strait Youth Maker Competition in 2020, jointly organized by the Office for Taiwan Affairs of the Shanghai Municipal Government, the Shanghai Education Commission, and Tongji University, is to be hosted by Fablab O Shanghai with support from the Office for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Affairs of Tongji University andCollege of Design and Innovation of Tongji University as well as from the science and Technology Commission of Shanghai and the Shanghai Education Center for Science and Art under the leadership of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and the Office for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of Education.
The Competition is organized into two categories of Adult Group(from senior high school students to adults aged no more than 45) and Youth Group (from junior high school students to elementary school pupils aged no less than 7). The Competition aims at promoting the cross-disciplinary and multi-dimensional integration between traditional handicrafts and digital fabrication, big data and Internet of Things, visual world and virtual space, and biosynthesis and art by addressing such sustainable development themes as Chinese culture, education, environment, and health and urban future. The competition encourages young people to develop their creative thinking and enhance their hands-on ability, and combine innovative design concepts and cutting-edge technology with products of social and industrial value. In addition to inheriting the tradition from previous Maker Competitions, this year's competition will arrange more practical activities,e.g.workshops, to promote further collaboration in innovation and technology between young people of the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, and to build an innovative environment and ecosystem suitable for long-term cooperation. In this way, the cross-strait cultural exchanges at the youth level will remain stable, which will safeguard the communication between Makers’ innovation and business startups.
The theme
● Adult Group
The theme for the Adult Group project is open with a focus on but not limited to the Chinese culture, education, environment, health, unbar future, and other fields related to sustainable development. Contestants are expected to create products of social and industrial value by integrating innovative design concepts with cutting-edge technology. A physical presentation of the end product involving both hardware and software is expected eventually.
● Youth Group
The Youth Group takes "unban future" as the prototype for their project. Contestants are encouraged to observe and analyze the characteristics, needs, and problems of a city through field research (for identification of problems), to visualize innovation and vitality in the city through teamwork (for exploring solutions), to put forward innovative solutions, and to present the project results through a simple prototype (for solving the problem). Each team is expected to present their end product through visualized prototype based on their problem to be solved in the project by using tools and materials.
Schedule
● April-July: Registration
● June-July: Grouping of contestants for first-round competitions based in Shanghai, Beijing, Kunshan (Jiangsu province) from China’s Mainland, and Taipei, Taichung, Hualien from China’s Taiwan
● July-August: Training of contestants
● August21-24: The Final in Shanghai
Location: College of Design and Innovation (D&I), Tongji University, 281 Fuxin Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai
Notes for Participation
This competition is open to all Chinese citizens. Contestantsforthe Adult Group should be at least a senior high school student, and those for the Youth Group should be from Grade 1 of an elementary school to Grade 3 of a high school. Contestants their guardians are liable to understand the legal rights of contestants for their participation in the event.
For group registration
Scan the QR code below
Fill in the registration form and choose the city you are from. We will put you into a team near your city.
Notes for Registration
Upload your team’s project proposal (PDF and Word) along with a video to Baidu Cloud, and write the Baidu Cloud share link and its extraction code in the registration form
Video Requirements: Your video is expected to show the originality of your project design, innovative application of technology, the feasibility of your project, and its commercial prospects. The video should be within 5 minutes and no more than 100M.
Copy the link below or scan the QR code to obtain a project briefing.
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1fx6xPVf7pHAmCzJZIkUmyQ
Extraction code: wc8a
Arrangement for Contestants
During the time of competition, the organizer will provide all selected contestants with free lodgings and food as well as hardware materials, conventional tools, and equipment required for the competition. Contestants are expected to bear the cost of their travel expenses. Please remember to bring your ID card and student ID card when you sign in for the competition.
Awards
● First prize: Cash + Certificate + Trophy
● Second prize: Cash+ Certificate + Trophy
● Third prize: Cash+ Certificate + Trophy
● Enterprise Prize: Certificate + Gifts
● Innovation Prize: Certificate
Information
If you have any more inquiries about joining the competition or becoming a volunteer, please add the WeChat of a FABO assistant.Please leave your name + university/company + volunteer/contestant/business partner when adding the WeChat.
This summer in Shanghai, Maker University will embrace all of you with enthusiasm. We look forward to meeting you soon!
Source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/20nu3PQFnF4hD9bPIov95w
