The Dublin Hackerspace
Tog is proud to be hosting Mozilla Ireland’s first public event this month! Mark your calendars for Friday, November 22nd, from 7pm until around 9:30pm.
This event will give insight into Mozilla, the Irish community, Firefox in Irish and Firefox OS, and how to get involved. There will be a few presentations and Q&A. This event is free and open to all, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!
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Starting this Thursday we’re bringing coding nights back to Tog!
For our first night its going to be a casual affair, with no speakers or projects or prescribed idea of what we’re going to do. It will be much like the lock picking and crafting nights, with a meet-up of people interested in programming as a general topic.
If you are knowledgable in a particular framework or language, it’d be great if you could come along and lend a hand if somebody has any questions.
There is no language favouritism, there’ll be people attending with Python, Objective-C, Java, Javascript, C#, C++, UnityScript (Unity3D), and many other tools and languages.
I will personally be working on a mobile app for Tog for both iOS (Objective-C) and Android (Java), but you can come along with whatever project you have in mind, or none at all.
We’ll be using the first few nights to figure out how people want these nights to be, whether they should be project based, or remain very much a casual affair. So please come along if you have some ideas, or just to chill out with fellow would-be and expert coders.
E-textiles, electro-craft, wearable electronics; it’s about taking technology and transforming it around your body, creating symbiosis. Helping technology meld seemlessly into the very fabric of our lives.
Whether you’re looking to augment the human condition or you’re more interested in the romantic ethereal glow of twinkly lights, you have to start somewhere.
Content;
This second workshop is for people who have used the LilyPad or Arduino before. Focusing on input we’ll look at using light and temperature sensors, and accelerometers. We’ll also look at multiplexing, both input and output, and making your own interfaces to connect regular electrical components to your LilyPad circuit.
The only thing you’ll need to bring with you is a laptop with USB port, everything else is provided. (If you want to bring your own LilyPad components that’s great, just let us know when you’re booking and we’ll make sure you have everything you’ll need.)
Important: please bring your own laptop with USB port. Closer to the event you will receive instructions on how to install the programming environment.
Optional materials; Any LilyPad board (preferably the Protosnap), with any sensor you’d like to use.
If you want to play with the LilyPad before buying, Protosnap boards can be provided for the duration of the workshop, but you’ll probably have to work in groups of at least two people.
When: Thursday, October 24th. From 7pm until 10pm. Cancelled
Where: TOG.
Cost: €10 for non-members, €5 for members. (All proceeds go to support TOG.)
Please register through the contact form below the cut.
This workshop has been cancelled. Check back for the rescheduled date.
After popular demand the Book Club will be restarting. Friday, 25th October, from 7pm. It’s a very informal affair, and anyone is welcome to attend. (Bring your favourite tea.)
We’ve learnt from our past problems; this time around we have at least two people willing to lead the discussions, and it was proclaimed that no book shall exceed 400 pages in length. The first meet-up won’t have a book to be read, instead just pop along with suggestions as to what to read for next time! And, if you have one, bring along your ereader for a discussion about their merits and drawbacks, versus paper books (and maybe even audio books).
Security Saturday is a one-day event where security experts and hobbyists get together to teach, learn and discuss a myriad of topics related to security. From picking locks to hacking wireless routers and getting started hacking RFID tags.
Anyone interested in security as a hobby or professional should get something out of it.
The only prerequisite is a laptop and an open mind. All talks and workshops will assume no prior knowledge and will start with first principles.
All tickets come with a Starter Kit to get you started hacking, picking and more. Early bird tickets will get a special bonus of an Arduino compatible *electronic door opener, and are in very limited supply, so act fast!
Starter Kit
* All tools and information provided are for educational purposes only.
E-textiles, electro-craft, wearable electronics; it’s about taking technology and transforming it around your body, creating symbiosis. Helping technology meld seemlessly into the very fabric of our lives.
Whether you’re looking to augment the human condition or you’re more interested in the romantic ethereal glow of twinkly lights, you have to start somewhere.
LilyPad is a microcontroller system, a wearable version of the Arduino microcontroller (and equally as Open Source), with many accessory boards of sensors and actuators. It is designed to facilitate the development of wearables and e-textiles.
Using it is equal parts hardware, software, and craft. All the information you need to get started with it is available online. But sometimes you’d like a kick in the right direction, so we’re holding a series of LilyPad workshops, every two weeks, to do just that. You can sign up for just one, or all of the workshops. Whatever interests you.
Content;
The first workshop is for complete beginners; an introduction to the LilyPad system, from what the different parts of the board do, to some basic coding, getting data in, and turning on/off some lights. The only thing you’ll need to bring with you is a laptop with USB port, everything else is provided. (If you want to bring your own LilyPad components that’s great, just let us know when you’re booking and we’ll make sure you have everything you’ll need.)
Important: please bring your own laptop with USB port. Closer to the event you will receive instructions on how to install the programming environment.
Optional materials; Any LilyPad board (preferably the Protosnap), with light sensor, switches, and LEDs.
If you want to play with the LilyPad before buying, Protosnap boards can be provided for the duration of the workshop, but you’ll probably have to work in groups of at least two people.
When: Thursday, October 10th. From 7pm until 10pm.
Where: TOG.
Cost: €10 for non-members, €5 for members. (All proceeds go to support TOG.)
Please register through the contact form below the cut.