We are very proud to be supporting this year’s Dublin Maker. Taking place on the 26th of July in TCD, its set to be a showcase of makers from Ireland and beyond . They have just opened their open call for makers. Find the out call here.
Sandymount Repair Cafe Recap
Some of our members helped out the first Sandymount Repair Cafe. A fun day helping people repair lots of different items and parting knowledge along the way. Culture File from RTE Lyric FM captured the feeling on the day with a lovely podcast.
Give it a listen here and check out some of our photos from the day in our gallery.
Engineer’s Week: Bridge Building Competition Winner
We had a fantastic day at the Science Gallery with over 50 people taking part in our competition. We had a great talk from Anthony McGuinness about Dublin City Council‘s Bridges of Dublin project. Next up was Robert Dowdall and Colin Keogh from IMechE explaining the engineering concepts behind bridge design. Their talk certainly made an impact . We had all sorts of different shapes , sizes and designs of bridges. Check out our gallery for photos from the event. -> photos
Design Winner
This team of beavers and cubs from Donabate scout group won the Best Design Prize.
Weight Winner
This winning team created a bridge that held 41kg with no sign of breaking. The team took the bridge home with a plan to see what the maximum weight it could take.
The second place bridge held a weight of 40kg. The third place bridge Frack’n’bridge held a weight of 28kg.
This event was only made possible with the time given by our volunteers and support from the following organisation TOG, Science Gallery, Engineers Ireland, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Young Engineers Society and Dublin City Council.
Going to Maker Faire UK
We have been accepted to Maker Faire UK in April. We have a host of new projects in the works for the largest Maker Faire in the UK. We always look forward to meeting new makers and the public at the event but most of all catching up with our friends from hackerspaces across the UK.
HACK/CHANGE – Video Review
A great video by Gerry Kelly summing up HACK/CHANGE. A week long show in the Exchange Dublin showcasing our members work.
HACK/CHANGE 2014 – Dublin, Temple Bar from Gerry Kelly on Vimeo.
Engineer’s Week: Bridge Building Competition
We bring our annual bridge building competition back to the Science Gallery for Engineers Week.
This is a family-friendly competition that puts teams against one another to build the strongest bridge. Engineering theory and building materials will be provided to help you during construction. Last year’s winning team from Canada, created a bridge that held over 20kg’s. Some photos of the event can be found in our gallery.
A secret prize will be up for grabs for the winners. The competition will have a half an hour of short talks, an hour and a half building and half an hour of judging.
Date: Saturday 8th February
Time: 14.00 – 16.30
Location: Science Gallery
Cost: Free
Sign Up: send an email to events2014@tog.ie
We are now booked out. Please keep an eye out for our night of engineering talks or check out other Engineer’s Week events.
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