In this episode we talk to Amanda Jolliffe from Microsoft Dreamspace where she brings us on her journey from her role in Dreamspace through to all the various activities that happened in the space before the Covid-19 lockdown came to their virtually hosted events including a TV programme broadcasted nationally! About Amanda:Amanda Jolliffe is DreamSpace Lead in … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E6: Amanda Jolliffe & Microsoft Dreamspace

In this episode, joining us (Vicky Twomey-Lee and Jeffrey Roe) for a chat is Dr. Rebecca O’Neill, telling us all about her role in Wikimedia Community Ireland, how to contribute to Wikipedia, and rest of Wikimedia’s family. And why people should also contribute to Wikipedia. What is “Women in Red”? Plus Rebecca is looking for … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E4 – Dr. Rebecca O’Neill & Wikimedia Ireland

Dublin Maker Festival is going virtual this summer. We would like to invite our Maker community and friends to hear about your experiences and suggestions on how we can make this year’s event as memorable, engaging and interactive as past Dublin Makers. Have you attended a Maker-related event in the past year? What are your … Continue reading →Dublin Maker Town Hall

It’s Vicky here from Dublin Maker. I’m excited to announce that we are hosting a new event as a partner of a new Erasmus+ project called ASSESSMAKE21. This inaugural Multiplier event is for Educators, Makers, Makerspace facilitators and anyone involved in Maker activities. When: Thu Jan 28 2021 at 12:00 to 14:00 Details: assessmake21-ireland-multiplier.eventbrite.ie The event aims … Continue reading →ASSESSMAKE 21 Inaugural Multiplier Event for Educators and Makers

In this episode we talk to Mark Pickering from Jellylab (UCD). Co-hosts are Tomas Ward and Vicky Twomey-Lee. Mark is no stranger to Dublin Maker festival and also was one of our Maker-a-Day during Science Week 2020.  We will be talking about how anyone can be a researcher at home and behind the scenes on how … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E3: Jellyfish, punk microscopy & Making with Mark Pickering (Jellylab UCD)

📢 We are delighted to announce that Dublin Maker (and DCU) is a partner on an Erasmus+ Programme called ASSESSMAKE21 (thanks to Mairéad Hurley from Science Gallery Dublin for connecting us to Learnovate who is the main drive of the project). Maker Advocate, Vicky Twomey-Lee will be point of contact on behalf of Dublin Maker. … Continue reading →Dublin Maker partners in Erasmus+ Programme – ASSESSMAKE21

Dublin Maker, Benchspace Cork and TOG Hackerspace would like to thank everyone who supported and took part in our joint Christmas Decoration Competition. A big thanks to the judges besides myself: Meg “Without a Stitch” David Scannell It was quite a difficult decision, we’ve had over 104 amazing festive entries and after careful consideration by … Continue reading →Winners of the Christmas Decoration Competition

Joe is back with us and Tomas is our host for this episode on Music and Making. Last time Joe talked about synth music, and if you missed that episode, you can check it out here. In this episode, he will be talking about guitars, foot pedals and Making. Joe Timoney is a lecturer at NUIM, … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E2: Music and Maker with Joe Timoney

In this episode, Tomas Ward talks to John Breslin about his Old Ireland in Colour project. John is an Irish engineer and full professor at the National University of Ireland Galway, he even has his own wikipedia page! @JohnBreslin on Twitter @IrelandInColour on Twitter Where to find Dublin Maker: dublinmaker.ie @DublinMaker (Twitter, Instagram & Facebook) https://anchor.fm/dublin-maker Dublin Maker is funded by Science … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E1: Old Ireland in Colour with John Breslin

🎄 We want to celebrate making this Christmas so we bring you theChristmas Making Decoration Competition. We want to see all your homemade decorations this year. It’s free, anyone of all ages can have fun making these decorations, hang them up, display them and be proud that you made it either yourself and even better, … Continue reading →Christmas Decoration Competition