Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED

Why HN readers recommended it

Strongly recommended in Shenzhen and hardware threads for its view of fast cycles, loose IP and the maker ecosystem.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

WIRED Investigations

Topic

shenzhen hardware ecosystem

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

8

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I cannot wait for some type of top-down pressure to force IoT developers to take security seriously. The movement has been pushed into overdrive thanks to insane levels of competition where you either crush your R&D into the smallest breakneck period or you live to …

• There's an excellent documentary on the hardware/hacking ecosystem in Shenzhen on YouTube: [VIDEO] . A lot of people there seem to embrace the ethos of moving fast and ignoring IP laws (both original creator and spoofer) because by the time you get a lawsuit or …

• WIRED UK did a great job going into more detail on Shenzhen, highly recommend watching the documentary. [VIDEO]