创客嘉年华在沪举办：科技近在咫尺，引发全民参与热潮

　　东方网记者姜文然10月17日报道：10月15日-16日，大型创客文化展示交流活动“上海创客嘉年华”在创智天地下沉式广场举办。

　　Shanghai, October 17- Maker Carnival 2016 kicked off recently at InnoSpace, with active participations of global makers.

　　两天里，来自全国各地的百余家参展商齐聚，参展项目涵盖电子、环保、生物、文化等各方面，通过展示、论坛、工作坊等多种形式，鼓励公众亲身体验酷炫科技、参加趣味游戏、体验手工与科技相结合，启发创意思维。

　　Over 100 creative groups gathered there, exhibiting their IT/ electronics devices, environmental protection projects as well as cultural products. Through exhibitions, forums, workshops and other various forms, the carnival encourages visitors’ interactions.

　　创客，与其说是一种称呼，不如说是一种信仰，它来源于英文单词“Maker”，是指出于兴趣与爱好，努力把各种创意转变为现实的人。在活动现场，创客讲堂特邀中、美、日、韩四国创客大咖及全球蓝牙技术大咖，共同分享当下创客发展生态。

　　The maker culture is a contemporary culture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture that intersects with hacker culture and revels in the creation of new devices as well as tinkering with existing ones. Senior makers from the United States, Japan, South Korean and China are also invited there to share their innovative thoughts.

　　创意工作坊、农夫市集、手作市集等不同展区都有极具特色的项目展示，花样缤纷的项目吸引了众多爱好者的关注。现场更是开设了多个亲子互动活动，孩子们和家长一起动手体验，感知亲自创作的快乐，像农夫市集里的种子认知、软竹手编、叶子标本和草帽绘本等摊位都满满的聚集了孩子和家长。

　　Various activities are ready for visitors, including creative workshops, farmer market, handicraft market and parent-child interactive activities.

　　据介绍，从2012年起，创智天地携手亚洲最大的开源硬件企业DFRobot，开始合作举办中国人自己的“创客嘉年华”，今年是第五次举办。主办方表示，此次上海创客嘉年华活动不仅是酷炫好玩，也希望能为培养青少年的创新思维、提升动手能力作出一定的贡献。

　　Maker Carnival has been organized by InnoSpace and DFRobot since 2012, which is not only for fun, but to cultivate children’s creative thinking and manipulative ability.