The Dublin Hackerspace
Swords is a large town in north county Dublin with over 42,000 people calling it home. A group has come together to get a makerspace off the ground to serve the area. – Swords Makerspace (SMS)
To learn more and get involved, head over to their meetup page. They are starting off with weekly coding sessions that are open to all on Thursday nights. We wish them well in building a makerspace for their community.
Coolest Projects International is a world-leading showcase for young innovators who make stuff with technology. If you’re up to 18 and you’re making something with technology for fun, to solve a problem, or as a creative outlet, then we want you to come out and share your project with us! This free event will take place in the RDS Main Hall, Dublin, Ireland on 5 May 2019.
We are delighted to be back at Coolest Projects this year. We will have two stands at the event. Lock sports area, showcasing the recreational side of defeating locking systems. A fun problem-solving puzzle activity that must be experienced. We will also have a learn to solder area, an essential skill to start anyone’s maker journey.
The event runs from 10am till 6pm and is free to come along too. Click below for more information and tickets.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/coolest-projects-international-2019-tickets-53134587983
In this month’s Hackspace magazine our own Jeffrey Roe is interviewed in a profile on our space. You can download all issues for free in pdf format. Check it out on page 29 – 32 https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues/18
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Luftdaten is a citizen science project to collect data of particular matter from homemade monitoring units. All the data is open and available to all to use and used to gain insights into the effect our on environment. They provide a parts list, step by step guide and all the code needed to build your very own sensor to contribute to
A full guide can be found on their website https://luftdaten.info/en/construction-manual/.
So got stuck in making one to get Ireland started on the map.
We are super proud to be supporting Dublin Maker this year and announcing there open call.
Dublin Maker
The event gives an opportunity to showcase projects, prototypes, inventions and run workshops at Dublin Maker on the 20th of July in Merrion Square to 10,000 people .
http://www.dublinmaker.ie/open-call/
Over the course of the bank holiday weekend, Merrion Square will be transformed into a bustling Festival Village, with three days of fantastic events, fun adventures and glorious food.
We will be there on Monday 18th March from 12pm till
We will be entertaining visitors with our mix of projects, demos and
For more information of whats going on visit St Patricks Festival