091 Labs

July 20th Open Night

091 labs — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:23 +0000

Things have changed gears at 091 Labs over the last week. Thanks to everyone who made last Tuesdays meetup our largest todate. Given how our numbers have grown we have decided to rename our Tuesday meetups Open Nights. In the past we discussed hackerspace matters during our meetups but starting tonight future open nights will be more informal in nature. A new committee is being elected to better meet our needs going forward.

We also held a mini hackathon on Sathurday as part of the 9th Global Synchronous Hackathon. Lots of lessons were learned so we look forward to taking part for a full weekend at the 10th Global Synchronous Hackathon on August 20th. Our second film night on Sunday saw a re-screening of Graffiti Research Labs and Part 1 of Steal this Film. If your free tonight and in Galway come along to our Open Night at 7pm in Exchange House. All are welcome!

This weekend at 091 labs

091 labs — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:20:40 +0000

We know that we have been somewhat neglecting the site lately. Just to let you know that we have been working on a more up-to-date version which will be going live soon (tonight or tomorrow), and you can check out all the events we have planned this month then. Thanks to Paul Killoran from Starlight Solutions for offering us hosting.

091 Labs Movie Night

091 labs — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:22:51 +0000

We’ll be kicking off a weekly 091 Labs Movie Night with a screening of Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season, a documentary about the GRL, an art group dedicated to integrating and enhancing graffiti and street art with experimental open-source technologies:

“From their origins in the trash room of a non-profit in Manhattan to their emergence as the instigators of an international art movement, Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season documents the adventures of an architect and an engineer who quit their day jobs to develop high-tech tools for the art underground. The film follows the GRL and their network of graffiti artist collaborators (and commercial imitators) across four continents as they write on skyscrapers with lasers, mock advertisers with homemade tools, get in trouble with The Department of Homeland Security and make activism fun again. Primarily using video footage from point-and-shoot digital cameras (“The Pocket School”?) and found-content on the web, the movie’s visual style draws as much from the art of the power point presentation and viral media as conventional documentary cinema. Narrated by GRL co-founders, Roth and Powderly, The Complete First Season makes a humorous and insightful argument for free speech in public, open source in pop culture, the hacker spirit in graffiti and not asking for permission in general. The film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.”

When:
Sunday July 11th, 7pm

Where:
091 Labs, Ground Floor Unit, Exchange House, Fairgreen Road, Galway

Soldering Workshop

091 labs — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:19:53 +0000

This hands on workshop will cover various aspects of soldering; from the basic techniques of soldering, to soldering electronic components to make simple circuits, right up to manual techniques to solder surface mount chips.

This workshop is split into levels so we can work with you to increase your skills. We are ready to work with both absolute beginners and those who would like to move onto more advanced surface mount soldering.

Cost (including cost of materials):
€15 General public
€12 Students/Unwaged.
€10 091 Labs members

When:
Saturday July 10th

Workshop 1 : 10:30 to 12:30
Workshop 2 : 14:30 to 16:30

Where:
091 Labs, Ground Floor Unit, Exchange House, Fairgreen Road, Galway

No electronics skills required. Workshop open to ALL. Limited to 10 participants per Workshop. Prepayment upon arrival is required for this workshop.

To book a place please contact barry@091labs.com

Introduction to Cameraphone Filmmaking and Editing

091 labs — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:16:44 +0000

A two-part informal workshop aiming to show participants what can be achieved with just the video function of their cameraphones. Suitable for anyone interested in making low-budget short films, video blogging or documenting projects. It will be run by Tom Murphy, who has extensive experience in camera work and filmmaking. Some examples of his cameraphone work can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5808qejfzIc “091labs HQ”
http://www.vimeo.com/7936654 “Fixers”
http://www.vimeo.com/6395164 “Iraq”

Part one will cover basic shooting techniques and considerations.

When:
Tuesday July 6th, 7pm. 20 minute workshop.

Where:
091 Labs, Ground Floor Unit, Exchange House, Fairgreen Road

Part two will cover basic film editing techniques.

Upcoming events

091 labs — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:57:10 +0000

Check out our Events page for details of upcoming classes this week.

July 6th Meetup

091 labs — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:01:41 +0000

Thanks to everyone who made this weeks community meetup. We had a great turnout on the night, with representatives from Galway’s Arts and Engineering/Tech communities discussing the traditional lack of collaboration between their groups and how that could be remedied. This weekend we’ll be busy getting our space ready for our upcoming workshops and events, which will include a cameraphone video editing class being run by Tom Murphy. Our next weekly community meetup is 7pm Tuesday, July 6th in Exchange House on Fairgreen Road. If you cannot make Tuesday nights then get in contact to arrange an alternative time to visit and say hello.

June 29th Meetup

091 labs — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:32:20 +0000

Thanks to everyone who made our first meetup at Exchange House this week. Conversations covered a number of topics ranging from our snag list (broadband, work benches, wiring) to ideas for our upcoming events calendar. Matthew will run our first 091 Labs workshop on how to build your own PC. Barry and Dara are working on an electronic workshop which will cater for local musicians. Separate posts will be written by each event organiser to describe upcoming workshops in more detail. Our next weekly community meetup is 7pm Tuesday, June 29th in Exchange House on Fairgreen Road. If you cannot make Tuesday nights then get in contact to arrange an alternative time to visit and say hello.

June 22nd Meetup

091 labs — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:30:05 +0000

When we held our first weekly community meetup back on March 2nd we spoke about one day getting a place to call home. Since then we have met every Tuesday and kept that dream alive. Week by week we have grown stronger as a group. When we needed encouragement people like Mitch Altman and John Breslin took an interest in our project and recharged our batteries. At every step of our journey Jeffrey and all the TOG crew were there to offer support and advice.

Today we signed the lease on a ground floor unit in Exchange House on Fairgreen Road. Located in the centre of Galway City we are close by the bus terminus and train station. We would like to thank Sarah at Fairgreen Block Management, Enda at AIB and Sam at Baseplan for making this possible. It will be a busy weekend moving in and getting the place setup in time to play host for our next weekly community meetup 7pm Tuesday, June 22nd. If you cannot make Tuesday nights then get in contact to arrange an alternative time to visit and say hello. We shall be adding an activities page with details of upcoming classes and events at 091 Labs over the coming days.

June 15th Meetup

091 labs — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:36:32 +0000

Thanks to everyone who made this weeks meetup. A lively conversation took place about the FUD surrounding the fragmentation of the iPhone and Android platforms. Anthony and Bill recommended watching coverage of Google I/O 2010 and spoke about various apps currently in development for the Android platform. With the growing number of Android handsets among members it was suggested we setup an 091 Labs alpha tester group. Mark and Ush spoke about their experiences with open game development engines and where things are heading. Our next community meetup is 7pm Tuesday, June 15th at the Galway Bakery Company. Come upstairs to the back section when you arrive and we will order from there.

Some of us went along to TEDxGalway on Friday which was well organized by Iain MacLaren and his team. Astrophysicist Mike Redfern kicked things off channeling Galileo, historian Aileen Fyfe spoke about the repurposing of technology during the Victorian steam driven information revolution, dramatist Lionel Pilkington spoke about performance and performativity, poet Louis de Paor, piper Ronan Browne and singer Naisrín Elsafty recreated a seamless live performance of their studio mashup project, Abhay Pandit spoke about the modern day challenges of designing and building biomaterials, Jenny Beale spoke about her creation of Brigit’s Garden and Lokesh Joshi brought TEDxGalway to a close by topping up everyones sugar levels with a great talk on Glycoscience.