‘Hacker-style’ workshops allow teenagers to ‘tinker with technology’
The Tyndall National Institute in Cork, which works at the cutting edge of electronics, photonics, sensors and nanotechnology research, has launched MakerDojo — a club which encourages second-level students and the general public to explore science and technology in hands-on ‘hacker-style’ workshops.
The research centre will provide technologies such as Arduino microcontrollers and littleBits electronics kits to encourage participants to build homemade burglar alarms; transmit songs through fibre-optic cables; and experiment with a miniature water-powered car.
