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Tog Hackerspace is heading south this weekend for the Cork Carnival of Science in Fitzgerald Park.

On Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of June, the park will be packed with family-friendly experiments, interactive activities, garden games, street food, live demonstrations, big top science shows, hands-on workshops and plenty more.

We will be there both days from 11.00am to 5.00pm on Discovery Drive with a range of interactive games and projects made by our members. Expect hands-on fun,…

In May, Jason Pettiaux and I had the chance to travel to Chemnitz in Germany as invited guests for Open European Lab Day at FabLab Chemnitz. Jason is a long-standing European maker and open source advocate, and was the other invited guest for the visit. The trip came about through the Vulca Network, which helps connect makers, hackerspaces, FabLabs and community workshops across Europe. It turned into much more than a single workshop, with visits to makerspaces, museums, research institutes, a…

Starting Sunday, 31st May, Craft Night will return to Tog. From 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm every second Sunday, drop by and join in, whether you make the yarn itself (we love spinners!) or noodle about with e-textiles and blinky quilts.

If you haven’t been to Craft Night before, it’s mainly people working on portable crafts like yarn-based and textile projects, but feel free to bring your current WIP (Work In Progress). We’ll take over the common area with crafting and conversation.

We might…

This June Bank Holiday weekend, Tog Hackerspace will be heading to Bord Bia Bloom in the Phoenix Park.

Bloom is always a lovely mix of gardens, food, flowers, sustainability, and community ideas. This year, we are delighted to be taking part in the conversation around circular communities in Ireland.

Our own Jeffrey Roe will be joining Eibhlin Fitzpatrick of Circular.ie and other familiar faces from Ireland’s circular economy and community space for a panel discussion on the Sustainable…

We’re packing up and heading north on May 30th for the next part of our All Island Maker Mobility project.

This time, a big group from Tog will be travelling to Farset Labs in Belfast for a full day of making, sharing, and community connection. We’re really looking forward to the visit and to spending more time with our friends in Farset as this project gets underway.

Our hosts will be giving us a tour of the space, along with an overview of how they run Farset Labs and how their…