Events

Coder Dojo This Saturday Saturday, June 22, 2013 - 13:00 to 16:00 Free Pre Booking Essential We hacked together a cool hangout that puts the real power of the internet and technology in the hands of the Irish youth. The true power of the net comes from coding, designing and having fun. CoderDojo is a place where you can learn from others and share what you are doing!	ILLUSION Launch Party Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free to Science Gallery members Join us for a first look at ILLUSION, our shiny new exhibition where nothing is quite like it seems. Curated by author of best selling books like Quirkology and 59 Seconds and Britain's only Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology Richard Wiseman, ILLUSION promises to be fascinating insight into the human mind, bringing together magic with psychology and illusion with science.	SecAppDev - a week-long software security course Monday, July 15, 2013 - 09:00 to Friday, July 19, 2013 - 17:15 This is an externally organised event — see www.secappdev.org/registrations/new for pricing Secure Application Development - a week-long immersion course This will be the first presentation in Ireland of SecAppDev, a series of courses for professional developers on software security, taught by world-class authorities from academia and industry. Organised in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, DCU, KU Leuven and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. To book, please go to http://secappdev.org/registrations/new.
Urban Knights: Monthly Platform for Urban Crusaders and Change Agents Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential What inspires you to think differently about how we live in the city? And, if you were to transform Dublin, what would you do? Urban Knights is a series of talks that celebrates urban crusaders, innovators and those who are actively changing how we behave, think and engage with the city. Book Here	Neuromagic: The neuroscience of magic, with the authors of Sleights of Mind Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:15 €7 - prebooking essential A good magician uses some of your brain's most interesting properties against you. To trick your mind, they play upon its strengths and weaknesses - and those strengths and weaknesses happen to be really interesting! Neuroscientists and authors of Sleights of Mind, Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde will come to Ireland for a one-off event about the science of magic, and to talk about the new scientific discipline, neuromagic. Book Here	Russell Foster on sleep, light, and circadian rhythms Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:15 Free - prebooking essential Most of us wake during the day and sleep at night - and there's a very good reason for that. Our body follows a 24-hour circadian rhythm that keeps us in line with the day-night cycle, and the science behind that rhythm is an incredible story that goes back to the earliest life on the planet. Book Here
Dublin Mini Maker Faire Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 10:00 to 18:00 Free Dublin Mini Maker Faire is back for it's second year. Part of the hugely popular Maker Faire family, Dublin Mini Maker Faire is an independent day-long community event where all kinds of “makers” get together to showcase their work. Last year, 5,000 people curious about making came along to Ireland's first Maker Faire event. This year, Dublin Mini-Maker Faire is set to be even bigger and will feature some of Ireland's most talented Makers.