:00:00. > :00:00.In around ten minutes we will have the film review but now it is time
:00:00. > :00:39.for Click. -- macro film review. It probably won't surprise
:00:40. > :00:42.you if I tell you China makes a lot of stuff, but would you believe it
:00:43. > :00:47.makes quite this much? In 2011, the country produced
:00:48. > :00:50.90% of all computers, 80% of all air conditioners
:00:51. > :00:54.and energy-saving lightbulbs, 70% of all cellphones,
:00:55. > :00:57.that's just over a billion of them, and they also found time to make 63%
:00:58. > :01:06.of the world's shoes. And much of all of that would have
:01:07. > :01:08.come from this place. Welcome to the city of Shenzhen
:01:09. > :01:15.in the Guangdong Province. So much of the world's
:01:16. > :01:19.electronics come from Shenzhen. So much of your electronics
:01:20. > :01:23.started life here. Cases, components,
:01:24. > :01:24.chips, circuit boards. Nestled away on the southern coast,
:01:25. > :01:35.it's called the Workbench of China, Less than 40 years ago,
:01:36. > :01:38.only 30,000 people lived here. And that explosive growth is built
:01:39. > :01:55.on foundations of silicon. This week, I'm on a mission
:01:56. > :01:58.to find out how our things And as the saying goes,
:01:59. > :02:04.when it comes to electronics, This is the HAX Hardware Accelerator
:02:05. > :02:15.in downtown Shenzhen. Each year, teams of hopeful
:02:16. > :02:19.entrepreneurs make a pilgrimage to this place to plan,
:02:20. > :02:22.prototype and perfect their gadgets But before I show you around,
:02:23. > :02:30.time for a spot of lunch. We call it micro foods,
:02:31. > :02:33.so it's insects as the new protein. It's something that's been eaten
:02:34. > :02:36.for a very long time in all parts The hive is the smallest possible
:02:37. > :02:45.footprint of producing protein So better than plants,
:02:46. > :02:56.better than owning a cow? Better than plants, definitely
:02:57. > :02:59.better than owning a cow. You don't have to add additional
:03:00. > :03:05.water, they take it out What do they taste like?
:03:06. > :03:16.You can just try them. What do they taste like?
:03:17. > :03:20.They taste slightly nutty. Mostly neutral.
:03:21. > :03:25.Thank you. They can actually be mixed
:03:26. > :03:29.into any types of recipes. In this way, we just roasted them,
:03:30. > :03:34.so they're just roasted and crispy. But you can also make them
:03:35. > :03:39.into a meat patty and make It's a shrimp that came on land
:03:40. > :03:56.a really long time ago. Livin Farms is only one
:03:57. > :04:09.of the companies currently in residency, and there is no
:04:10. > :04:13.shortage of interesting ideas. There's the roadie auto guitar
:04:14. > :04:16.tuner, the skiing boots that track your skiing style,
:04:17. > :04:19.the orthopaedic foot insert that analyses how you walk,
:04:20. > :04:21.there's the internet of things farm monitor, and the remote
:04:22. > :04:24.control fish tank cleaner. This device takes liquid materials,
:04:25. > :04:32.special formulations, and it converts them into nanofibres
:04:33. > :04:38.using an electric field. What happens is this little spinning
:04:39. > :04:42.needle produces a fabric Primarily, this machine is aimed
:04:43. > :04:47.at researchers right now. We are looking to get
:04:48. > :04:51.into the market and help people bring advanced textiles
:04:52. > :04:53.to a commercially viable point by offering a fast,
:04:54. > :04:59.affordable lab machine. Shenzhen has a wealth
:05:00. > :05:01.of manufacturers and vendors, so for prospective in the bay area,
:05:02. > :05:04.there might be two CNC shops that There's hundreds, maybe thousands
:05:05. > :05:10.in Shenzhen, and they're quick, cheap, they respond to text
:05:11. > :05:13.messages, and it allows us to do work in a short amount
:05:14. > :05:16.of time for cheap. It's high quality work as well,
:05:17. > :05:18.so good for manufacturing HAX has been here since 2011,
:05:19. > :05:24.and over 100 companies Now, it's a little empty today
:05:25. > :05:31.because there is another HAX office over in the US,
:05:32. > :05:37.and at the moment, everyone's over there showing off their creations,
:05:38. > :05:39.including the boss. It's very bizarre that
:05:40. > :05:43.you're in San Francisco Why do you have a space
:05:44. > :05:49.here and a space in San Francisco? Yes, the early stage action
:05:50. > :05:59.is there, definitely, and all of the entrepreneurs
:06:00. > :06:02.in the world who go to Shenzhen and work with suppliers to build
:06:03. > :06:07.the best products to get to market, but after investing and accelerating
:06:08. > :06:13.about 145 companies in the last few years, I realised it was important
:06:14. > :06:16.to sell those products, and it is equally difficult to sell
:06:17. > :06:20.a product as it is to build it. So we have been building the next
:06:21. > :06:22.phase of the programme The big appeal of HAX
:06:23. > :06:36.is that it is within a short walk of some of the best and biggest
:06:37. > :06:39.electronic markets in the world. That means instant access
:06:40. > :06:45.to the cornucopia of components you will need to source
:06:46. > :06:47.if you want your thing There, I said the word
:06:48. > :06:50."thing" again. The markets of Shenzhen are so vast
:06:51. > :06:57.that it would be foolhardy So we are at Singapore Airport
:06:58. > :07:06.and we're heading to Hong Kong. Andrew Huang, or Bunny for short,
:07:07. > :07:19.is an MIT alumnus, entrepreneur That's hacker in the breaking
:07:20. > :07:22.and building stuff He's also written a few books,
:07:23. > :07:29.including Hacking The XBox, and most recently, The Essential
:07:30. > :07:32.Guide To Electronics in Shenzhen. Our core product are the peel
:07:33. > :07:36.and stick electronic LEDs. Today, Bunny is making
:07:37. > :07:53.the pilgrimage to Shenzhen, I'm tagging along to find out
:07:54. > :08:01.what it is all about. This is where I come to do
:08:02. > :08:04.a lot of searching to see what is available,
:08:05. > :08:08.what is selling and not selling. There are these cables here,
:08:09. > :08:10.and these cables there. That's the whole idea
:08:11. > :08:16.of this market. Discounts are easily 10-1 over
:08:17. > :08:20.what you can get in online retail They're made here
:08:21. > :08:32.and then resold there. And, I'm afraid to say,
:08:33. > :08:35.it's not long before I succumb So far, we've only walked
:08:36. > :08:53.a couple of levels. So if you can't find it
:08:54. > :08:56.on this floor, don't worry, This guy's selling a variety
:08:57. > :09:07.of switches. This one's selling
:09:08. > :09:13.industrial controls. These are the battery
:09:14. > :09:15.holders inside toys. Connectors you'd find
:09:16. > :09:16.inside mobile phones. I could come here and ask her today,
:09:17. > :09:20.I want a wire that's a little bit longer,
:09:21. > :09:23.and she'll go ahead and make up 1,000 for me and have them ready
:09:24. > :09:26.for me by the next day. A lot of times when I come
:09:27. > :09:29.to Shenzhen, I don't even I buy everything I need as it's
:09:30. > :09:34.such a hassle to get Then I just leave them
:09:35. > :09:44.in the hotel when I leave. It's cheaper than paying
:09:45. > :09:46.for checked luggage. They sell soldering irons,
:09:47. > :09:48.diagonal cutters, development kits Within ten metres of here,
:09:49. > :09:52.you can probably get everything you need to take some simple project
:09:53. > :10:04.and bring it into existence. I've spent a decade
:10:05. > :10:12.here looking around. By the time you walk from one end
:10:13. > :10:17.of the market to the other, the beginning of the market has
:10:18. > :10:22.already reinvented itself. Do you shake on it or
:10:23. > :10:28.have some kind of...? It's a crazy thing where sometimes
:10:29. > :10:32.you say you need 10,000 of these parts, and it's not
:10:33. > :10:34.a small amount of money. A lot of times a person
:10:35. > :10:36.will come along and say, I could stiff them and not
:10:37. > :10:40.come with the money, And a lot of time they don't
:10:41. > :10:47.ask for a deposit. Just come back and they
:10:48. > :10:50.will have them for you. Rather you than me,
:10:51. > :10:52.if you do this regularly. Next week we are coming bang
:10:53. > :11:21.up to date in the UK. Thank you for watching
:11:22. > :11:23.and we will see you then.