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Electronics Workshop with Mitch Altman and Jimmie P Rodgers
Posted by David in Announcments on March 5th, 2010
The Irish Robotics Club and TOG.ie proudly
present a Mitch Altman electronics workshop in the Science gallery on the 23rd of March (6pm-9pm). Mitch is the brains behind Cornfield Electronics and one of the co-founders of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco. Mitch has taught thousands of people to solder travelling all around with his famous workshops and sharing his love of electronics.
If you have ever had any curiosity about making something with electronics, then please join us. Anyone and everyone can learn to make cool things. And it’s fun. And easy! You can learn to make something cool with electronics in one workshop, and take your cool project home with you!
Mitch Altman’s expert instruction is Free, we only got to reimburse him for the materials we use (20 euro). There will be plenty of cool kits available to build (and take home), including:
- TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places!)
- Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
- LEDcube (cool cube of blinky lights!)
- Mignonette Game (play fun games!)
- Trippy RGB Waves (interactive colored blinky lights!)
- MiniPOV (more cool blinky lights!)
- MintyBoost (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)
and for the more advanced:
Microcontroller programmers, Arduino clones and more.
This workshop is guaranteed to sell out super quick! You have been warned 
(Tickets onsale (20 Euro to cover materials costs) on the Science Gallery website NOW)
Map of Irish Robot Makers
Posted by David in Announcments on February 24th, 2010
O.k like a lot of things in Ireland, the Irish Robotics Club is a little Dublin-centric. I live in Dublin and our events are held in Dublin. But we have lots of people interested in robotics outside our fair capital. For example Marek in Carlow and Jiri in Limerick (BTW Jiri is trying to set up a hackersapce in limerick, so go here if you are interested in gettnig involved). So to make it a little easier for people to find robot lovers close to them I’ve put up a google map for Irish robot makers (or just makers) to add their location. You don’t have to give your exact location your town or city will do. Don’t be shy! it only becomes useful if people use it and it builds up over time. Edit the map and add a placemark!
Link robot makers map
Make Night Now With Added Sugru!
Posted by David in Announcments, Events on February 3rd, 2010
Ergonomic pen made with Sugru
Added what? Added Sugru! The hottest new “making product”. Sugru is a silicone-based adhesive which sets at room temperature. So you can mold it as you like and once set, it will still be slightly flexible. Use it to make/repair/improve all sorts of things. It’s like the blu-Tack on steroids! Want to buy some, well you can’t (for the moment), because they sold all of the first two batches (3,000 packs) in only 16 hours. But all is not lost, the friendly people at Sugru understand the beauty of people coming together and making things and want to help us out. So they are supplying FREE SUGRU for the next “Make Night” (Thursday 11th of Feb in the Science Gallery (6-8pm)). Enough for 15-20 people! So bring along any stuff you think could do with a bit of “sugruing” and be one of the first people to try it out!
It’ll be Sugru “HACKquarium” within a Make Night. I can’t wait!
Upcoming Events: Make Night & Evening of Robots
Posted by David in Announcments, Events on January 15th, 2010
Loads of great events coming up in February! First off there is a “Make Night” in the Science Gallery on Thursday the 11th of February 6pm to 8pm. This is at slightly different time than mentioned in previous posts (as it clashed with Science Gallery re-opening party).
The idea of a “Make Night” is simple – come along to the Science Gallery and make ANYTHING you like, in the company of other “makers” doing the same. Share ideas, materials and tools. Show off you projects and from learn the experience of others. Drink Italian coffee and talk to friendly creative people. Engineers, artists, jam makers, glue and glitter experts are all welcome. Pick a project, get your materials together and join in the fun. Still not clear? Check out the 5 minute ignite talk about them here.
It’s also going to be an Irish Robotics Club meeting, with testing of the robots we are sending to Robot Challenge 2010 in full swing, so watch out for rogue speedy robots at your feet!
Admission free.
The very next day (12th of February) there will be an “Evening of Robots” being held in collaboration with our friends at TOG. This is on in their space on Arran quay. It’s part of a series of events they are running for Engineering Week, which are open to the public. Well worth checking out!
One more thing, world of robots on at BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the moment. Looks like fun!
Make Night – 28th October
Posted by David in Announcments, Events on October 20th, 2009
I’m running a Make Night on the 28th of October 6pm-8pm in the Science Gallery.
So what is a Make Night I hear you ask ? It’s a workshop without the lecture. It’s a friendly meet where people come along and make something. Absolutely anything! Pick a project and bring the materials and tools you need and we’ll provide a space for you to work in. While you are there, draw inspiration from what others are making around you, talk to them (they are nice), ask them questions, learn new things, work together, share tools and ideas. Bring along your works in progress, bring stuff you have already made and show it off!
It’s kinda like arts and craft when you were in school but you’re an adult now and can do better right?…right?
Need inspiration! I point you towards the internet, try one of the thousands of projects on instructables, try the make blog and magazine, try googling your wildest dreams
It’s on just before halloween, so maybe it’s time to make a kick-bum costume or bring along a pumpkin and knife and start carving!
Write a computer program, dabble in electronics, make a robot, learn to knit, invent a board game, make something! You’ll feel good about yourself and become instantly more attractive.
If still have no ideas but still want to make stuff, I’ll have the materials and tools to make Drawbots (created by Jonah Brucker-Cohen).
So if you are an artists looking to work with engineers, or an engineer looking for a creative ideas or just a lost Science Gallery attendee looking for the toilets, you are more than welcome.
It’s FREE by the way. Thanks to Science Gallery for their space and support.
*UPDATE* Michael from Animatazz will be bringing along some easy-action animation figures and plasticine for anyone who wants to try their hands at some stop-motion animation. Fantastic!
Hackalicious
Posted by David in Announcments on October 14th, 2009
Hack Night?
Unfortunately looks like we are going to have to cancel the next meeting due to lack of available speakers. It’s a little disappointing, but the show goes on. Next I’m going to run a workshop next to increase the number of robots out there, I’m close to tracking down suppliers for all the parts, so more details soon. I’m also thinking about running a series of “hack nights” which is pretty much a meeting where people can come work on their projects (robotics or otherwise) for a few hours without any formal presentation or guidance. Basically a friendly environment where people can ask each other questions, collaborate if they wish or just show off the projects they have made. Probably to be held in Science Gallery, free of charge. Anyone think “hack nights” a good idea?
Oh and the new post/comment notification system seems to be working again! Hurrah
…and we’re back!
Posted by David in Announcments on October 2nd, 2009
Four years, ten papers and a lot of coffee, all leading to one PhD thesis, submitted last friday. Phew what a relief!
I should now have more time to commit to the club and the site. Straight to it so, the next meeting of the Irish Robotics Club will be held in the Science Gallery on 28th of October. I hope to have an interesting speaker for the meeting lined up. But what would be even better is if some of the members would speak about their own projects (even for 5-10mins). No matter how small/big, basic/complex, successful/burned down your garage, your project is, it would be great to hear about it. It’s your club after all. But that’s not all.. to sweeten the deal the best talk will get a Maker’s notebook! (see Below). Comment here, post in the forum or email me if you would like to talk at the next meeting.
Below:
I entered the photos of the soldering workshop we ran over the summer into a Make Magazine competition and we won a runners up prize. Hurrah! and you guessed it, they are sending us a maker’s notebook!
New Photo Gallery
Posted by David in Announcments on August 13th, 2009
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New Photo gallery
I put up a new photo gallery on the site. Pictures from the soldering workshop are up there now. With a little more tweaking, it should be possible to allow anyone who is a member of the site (i.e has ever logged into the forum) to post their robot pictures well.
If anyone has got any photos from the First meeting (there were a few cameras there), I would be grateful if you sent them on to me (my email is on the about page), so I can put them up.
I’m super busy writing my PhD thesis, but once that annoying thing is finished I should be able to organise more events. In the meantime there are some great workshops going on. Check out this arduino/flash workshop Ben Arent is running and this series of workshops which are part of ReFunct09.
*EDIT* I forgot to mention one of the photos from the soldering workshop appeared on the make blog here
Soldering Workshop – Sold Out
Posted by David in Announcments on July 17th, 2009
That’s all folks, the soldering workshop is full. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets and I’ll see you on the 29th. If you missed out and are still interested leave a comment and if there is enough interest I’ll do it again.
Soldering WorkShop – Tickets on Sale
Posted by David in Announcments on July 10th, 2009
Soldering Workshop Dublin
I figured out how to sell tickets for the workshop through the site. It’s all done through paypal so it’s nice, secure and simple. Just select the “soldering workshop – 15 Euro” and press the ” Pay Now” button.
I tested it out and it worked peachy, but if you have any probelms let me know.
Details of the workshop are in the post below
*EDIT * SOLD OUT *EDIT*
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