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Inspirefest 2016 – Family Fringe

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Inspirefest is a two day technology conference taking place on 30th-1st of July in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. The conference has a strong focus on STEM and diversity. To go along with the conference, there is a host of fringe events taking place in Merrion Square. We are proud to be taking part in the Family Fringe event on 2nd of July.

The Family Fringe brings together the leading Irish STEAM community groups in Ireland: CoderDojo, Girls Hack Ireland, GameCraft, TOG, Hardie Kids, Coding Grace, TCD Walton Club, Physics Buskers and Dublin Maker who will be offering a whole range of activities. From coding and hardware hacking workshops to interactive exhibitions and games, there will be an abundance of activities for small kids (7+) and big kids too! We will be showcasing a range of projects along with running a drop in bridge building competition.

For more information and booking visit the event page -> http://inspirefest.com/fringe/

Check out the photos from the event on our gallery -> https://www.tog.ie/gallery/nggallery/all/Inspirefest-Family-Fringe-2016

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New Internet In The Space

One of the big stumbling blocks of our new space has been the slow internet speed. We have been hit delays in getting a suppler into the space. For the last few months we have been living on 4G mobile broadband only. We are happy to say, we now have proper internet in the space. Ask any member for the key the next time you are in the space. Speed_Test_On_Wired_ConnectionIMG_20160617_202943

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Line Following Robots

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We recently ran a Electronic “Build-It” Workshop. We have twelve build a line following robot. The little robot was an all analog device,  not an arduino insight. Check out the photos from the workshop in our gallery and the video below of them inaction.

Join our mailing list to keep upto date with our workshops over the summer.

 

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Painting Lines

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The car park outside our space has just been repainted. When visiting you can park in any of the spaces marked Caminio Ways. For more snaps visit our gallery.

 

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Featured on Hackaday : Taming A Variac With A Thermistor

We are delighted to have one of our member’s projects featured on Hackaday,

 

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TAMING A VARIAC WITH A THERMISTOR

The folks at TOG, Dublin Hackerspace, have a large variac. A variac is a useful device for testing some fault conditions with AC mains powered equipment, it allows an operator to dial in any AC output voltage between zero, and in the case of TOG’s variac, 250V.

Their problem was with such a magnificent device capable of handling nearly 3KW, it presented an inductive load with a huge inrush current at power-on that would always take out the circuit breakers. Breakers come with different surge current handling capabilities, evidently their building is fitted with the domestic rather than the industrial variants.

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Read the full story over on their website. http://hackaday.com/2016/05/15/taming-a-variac-with-a-thermistor/

This is not the first time we have been featured, the Twitter Knitter got the Hackaday treatment too.  http://hackaday.com/2013/08/20/twitter-knitter-combines-40-year-old-hardware-with-modern-social-media/