Tag Archives: maker-a-day

29 Oct 2020

Maker-a-Day: Friday with Megan Scott/Chester Beatty Library and MadeByCliff

On our final Maker-a-Day, we are joined by Megan Scott, an artist with Chester Beatty Library showing us how to make a “DIY Steampunk Plague Doctor Mask”, and James Clifford from MadeByCliff who will be showing us how to make our own “Ergonomic folding laptop stand”.

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12:00 – 13:00

Megan Scott (artist) / Chester Beatty: DIY Steampunk Plague Doctor Mask

Megan Scott will show you how to make a medieval style plague doctor mask with a steampunk twist.

Materials to take part in this workshop

  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Scalpel
  • Straws
  • Masking tape
  • Toilet roll tubes
  • Stapler

📍Where to find Megan Scott

📍Where to find Chester Beatty

13:00 – 14:00

MadeByCliff: Ergonomic folding laptop stand

James Clifford will be running this workshop on creating your own folding laptop stand.

While are all working from home these days, our ergonomic work environment has been left behind. I have created a laptop stand which raises the laptop to the correct height and also folds away when you’re not using it. It also becomes a case for your keyboard, mouse and other peripherals when folded.

Materials needed for this workshop

It is a simple plywood design with a few small 1 inch hinges. It can be made with a saw, chisel and wood glue.

📍Where to find MadeByCliff

For more info on our other Maker-a-Day events during Science Week, check out https://www.dublinmaker.ie/maker-a-day-at-science-week/ for more details.

29 Oct 2020

Maker-a-Day: Friday with Crafty Nathan’s Creations

TGIF! We have Nathan Wheeler from Crafty Nathan’s Creations as our Maker-a-Day during Science Week showcasing how to make a small scale diorama of a country road.

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Don’t forget to hit subscribe and click that 🔔 reminding you when the live-stream goes live at our Youtube channel.

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13:00 – 14:00

Crafty Nathan’s Creations: Make  a small scale diorama of a country road

Nathan Wheeler will be making a small scale diorama of a country road, small enough for the table top. This will be a showcase of simple modelling techniques to make a simple and easy to enjoy diorama, replete with a nice custom made tree.

Materials used for this showcase

  • Wood
  • Foam
  • Latex
  • Metal wire
  • Static grass
  • Misc modelling

📍Where to find Crafty Nathan’s Creations

For more info on our other Maker-a-Day events during Science Week, check out https://www.dublinmaker.ie/maker-a-day-at-science-week/ for more details.

29 Oct 2020

Maker-a-Day: Thursday with Fab Lab Maker Hub

We have Stuart Lawn from Fab Lab Maker Hub joining our Maker-a-Day during Science Week showing you how to do basic 3D modelling in Tinkercad.

🎤 Be sure to add your questions to our live-chat on our Youtube stream.

Don’t forget to hit subscribe and click that 🔔 reminding you when the live-stream goes live at our Youtube channel.

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13:00 – 14:00

Fab Lab Maker Hub: Lego Modelling in Tinkercad

The workshop will show how to do basic 3D modelling in Tinkercad and then how to use the Bricks function in Tinkercad to convert that to a Digital Lego model. We will show how to get a step by step guide to building that Digital Lego model in the real world using the Lego bricks that you have at home.

Tinkercad is a free online 3D Modelling application that runs in a web browser and can be used on Mac, Windows, iPads or Android Tablets. 
No previous experience of 3D Modelling is necessary as we will take you through the basics of how to create shapes and models in Tinkercad and show some ‘secret’ Tinkerpowers that will super charge your Lego building.

What you will need to participate

📍Where to find Fab Lab Maker Hub

For more info on our other Maker-a-Day events during Science Week, check out https://www.dublinmaker.ie/maker-a-day-at-science-week/ for more details.

29 Oct 2020

Maker-a-Day: Wednesday with Jellylab (UCD)

Joining us on our third Maker-a-Day during Science Week is Mark Pickering and his team from Jellylab (University of Dublin) on How do sea creatures react to light? How to build a simple experiment to explore the world around you.

🎤 Be sure to add your questions to our live-chat on our Youtube stream.

Don’t forget to hit subscribe and click that 🔔 reminding you when the live-stream goes live at our Youtube channel.

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13:00 – 14:00

Jellylab (University College Dublin): How do sea creatures react to light? How to build a simple experiment to explore the world around you.

We believe that anyone can be a scientist, and we want to democratise discovery by taking experimental tools out of the laboratory and into the hands of anyone curious about the world around them.

This project will show how to use simple and easily available components to build an experiment to answer a scientific question: if tiny sea creatures have eyes, what do they do when they see light? For this we’ll use brine shrimp (also called Artemia), which are sold as “sea monkeys” and “aqua dragons”, as well as some tiny plankton we collect in the sea, but you could also adapt this to investigate bugs from your garden (how do ants or spiders respond to light?). The experiment can be run using an Arduino controlled neopixel RGB LED ring. We’ve been using this as a demonstration for some time now, and documented the experiment here:

Now, we want to show how you can make everything you need to do this type of experiment yourself. We’ll show you how to set up the lights with an arduino, and how to control the light pattern with a game controller (specifically the nunchuck controller from a nintendo Wii).

In addition to showing how to make the light experiment, we’ll also show how to build a system to hatch your own brine shrimp, and how to collect tiny plankton from the sea that can be used in this experiment. FInally, because some of these creatures are really tiny, we’ll also show how to make really simple, cheap “microscopes” to make the invisible visible!

The contents of our proposed video are all things we have lots of experience with, so we have confidence that it can all be covered in a 40-45 minute video, and we think we can make it pretty entertaining as well!

What you will need to participate

For the light experiment you’ll need:

To hatch brine shrimp:

  • You’ll need an empty plastic bottle (1.5L or 2L size would be perfect) – make sure to keep the cap!
  • A small air pump and tubing (you can get aquarium air pumps from most pet shops, the smallest size is fine).
  • Brine shrimp (Artemia) eggs. You can also get these from many pet shops.
  • If you want to catch some plankton from the sea, you’ll need a wire coat hanger and a pair of tights (no, seriously).
  • If you want to try simple DIY microscopy, you’ll either need a webcam (Logitech C270) or some transparent silicone.

📍Where to find Jellylab (UCD)

For more info on our other Maker-a-Day events during Science Week, check out https://www.dublinmaker.ie/maker-a-day-at-science-week/ for more details.

16 Oct 2020

Maker-a-Day at Science Week

Dublin Maker is excited to bring you our first virtual event this year, a series of demos and workshops called Maker-a-Day during Science Week.

Maker-a-Day will be on from Monday November 9th to Saturday November 14. The schedule will be announced once we finalised times with our Makers.

Featuring traditional crafts to technologies, there’s something for everyone to follow, make and build. 

We have a 10 min Q&A after the workshop where you get a chance to ask the Makers questions, and it will be live-streamed via our Dublin Maker Youtube channel.

We launched our mini-open call a couple of weeks ago and we received great response, and we are delighted to announce who will be participating at our Maker-a-Day during Science Week (in alphabetical order):-

Crafty Nathan’s Creations: Make  a small scale diorama of a country road

Nathan Wheeler will be making a small scale diorama of a country road, small enough for the table top. This will be a showcase of simple modelling techniques to make a simple and easy to enjoy diorama, replete with a nice custom made tree.

👉 https://www.instagram.com/craftynathanscreations/

Fab Lab Maker Hub: Lego Modelling in Tinkercad

Stuart Lawn will demonstrate how to use Tinkercad to generate your own digital Lego Models and show some secret TinkerPowers built into Tinkercad to get the step by step instructions for you to build them from real Lego bricks.

👉 http://www.makerhub.ie

Frank Duignan: Dublin Maker Badge

This project will show how a simple game can be made for the (unofficial) Dublin Maker Badge 2021. It will be a sprite based game that will run on the badge.  It would be great to include the game produced by one of the participants in the final badge. You will be shown how to build a simple sprite game in a browser based development environment

👉 https://ioprog.com

Jellylab (University College Dublin): How do sea creatures react to light? How to build a simple experiment to explore the world around you.

We believe that anyone can be a scientist, and we want to democratise discovery by taking experimental tools out of the laboratory and into the hands of anyone curious about the world around them.
This project will show how to use simple and easily available components to build an experiment to answer a scientific question: if tiny sea creatures have eyes, what do they do when they see light? For this we’ll use brine shrimp (also called Artemia), which are sold as “sea monkeys” and “aqua dragons”, as well as some tiny plankton we collect in the sea, but you could also adapt this to investigate bugs from your garden (how do ants or spiders respond to light?). The experiment can be run using an arduino controlled neopixel RGB LED ring. We’ve been using this as a demonstration for some time now, and  documented the experiment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDiRWTvLzI
Now, we want to show how you can make everything you need to do this type of experiment yourself. We’ll show you how to set up the lights with an arduino, and how to control the light pattern with a game controller (specifically the nunchuck controller from a nintendo Wii).
In addition to showing how to make the light experiment, we’ll also show how to build a system to hatch your own brine shrimp, and how to collect tiny plankton from the sea that can be used in this experiment. FInally, because some of these creatures are really tiny, we’ll also show how to make really simple, cheap “microscopes” to make the invisible visible!

👉 https://twitter.com/PickeringLabUCD

MadeByCliff: Ergonomic folding laptop stand

While are all working from home these days, our ergonomic work environment has been left behind. James Clifford created a laptop stand which raises the laptop to the correct height and also folds away when you’re not using it. It also becomes a case for your keyboard, mouse and other peripherals when folded.

👉 http://Instagram.com/madebycliff

MakerMeetIE: Paper Tower Challenge

Participants will need to try and build a tower made from paper. However, NO tape or other sticky materials can be used… JUST paper! Oh, did we forget to say it should support at least a 100g weight? 😉

👉 http://www.makermeet.ie/events

Megan Scott (artist) / Chester Beatty: DIY Steampunk Plague Doctor Mask

Make a medieval style plague doctor mask with a steampunk twist

👉 http://www.cargocollective.com/meganscott
👉 https://twitter.com/CBL_Dublin

Ripcoder Club: Mini Arduino Hand Held Game Console

Spain Hughes will build a Mini Arduino Handheld Game Console inspired by the much loved Chrome off-line T-Rex game.

She will show you how to minimize your project with a LCD I2C Interface Adapter 1602 2004 PCF8574 and a digispark or a node-Mcu. This is an option for those with Arduinos without enough pins.

👉 https://ripcoder.com

South Dublin Radio Club: Build ANTENNA & Receive Weather Satellite Images

South Dublin Radio Club will build a 137 MHz V-dipole receiving antenna for weather satellites – and demonstrate it in action by decoding Weather Satellite images (if we get a conveniently timed satellite pass!)

👉 https://twitter.com/SDRadioClub


Maker-a-Day All Events

We have finalised the Maker-a-Day programme, so help us spread word around with #ScienceWeekMaker.

ℹ️ Click on links below for more info on the individual Maker-a-Day event including live-stream video:-

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Any questions, you can contact us at info@dublinmaker.ie.

— The Dublin Maker Team