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. 
Tech Central Podcast
Our own member Jeffrey Roe went on this weeks Tech Central Podcast. It had been seven years since Nail and Jeffrey catch up about the goings on about our space.
Check it out below from 16:15 .
Line Following Robots
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.
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Painting Lines
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.
Featured on Hackaday : Taming A Variac With A Thermistor
We are delighted to have one of our member’s projects featured on Hackaday,
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/
Boat Building Competition
This event has been canceled.
We are hosting the first ever Tog Boat Building Competition on June 4th. In the past we have build bridges but it is now time to take to the water or in this case a home made tank.
Participants will create boats and run a time trial in our homemade tank . Each boat will have to be smaller than 10 cm by 10 cm. There will be a fan at one end to provide wind to your sails. Apart from a size restriction, the only other condition is no batteries. A special prize will be up for grabs to the boat with the fastest time.
Book Your Place Below.
Workshop
Before the competition will are opening up our workshop to all you novice or last minute boat builders. We will have all sorts of building materials on hand for you to get creative and build a fine boat. This workshop is optional and is not required for taking part in the competition.
Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian.
Timetable Saturday 4th of June
- 12:00 – 14:00 Workshop
- 14:00 – 15:00 Break
- 15:00 – 16:30 Competition
This event is made possible with the support of the Young Engineers Society.
This event is apart of European Maker Week, an initiative promoted by European Commission. For all the other great events happening visit http://europeanmakerweek.eu/