dlr Teen Entrepreneur STEM Camp

Last Thursday, our 2018 STEM Camp got off to a lively and productive start with 60 TY students learning about Scratch, Arduino, and coding. The sessions, led by Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne, started with an introduction to the concepts of business and entrepreneurial skills, creative thinking and teamwork. He then took the students through computing, coding and how technology is part of everyday life (they even learned how washing machines work!) and gave them the task of creating a sprite animation through Scratch, which proved to be fun and absorbing. We asked the students to give their impression of week 1 and here is some of their feedback. Alex, Ella & Emer enjoyed learning how to use Scratch and mBlock, and felt their biggest achievement was making the LED light.  Teamwork, communication and setting out accurate instructions was a big part of the learning curve for all the teams. Kate, Cian & Kate enjoyed working as a team, learning ho...

Starting tomorrow! dlr Teen Entrepreneur STEM Camp 2018   Kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland 60 TY students from 15 schools in the county will an opportunity to learn coding, electronics and business development over 8 weeks in dlr LexIcon. The students will have workshops in using Rasperry Pi's and Arduino kits for building new innovative business products and prototypes. The RASPBERRY PIis a credit card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard, its like a little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word processing and games. It also plays high definition video. The design is based around a Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700MHz processor, VideoCore IV GPU, and 512Mbytes of RAM. The design does not include a built in hard disk or solid state drive, instead relying on a microSD card for booting and long term storage. This board is intended to run Linux kernel based operat...

December 6, 2017 TY Entrepreneur STEM Camp 2017 29th November 2017 – dlrLexicon Library, Dún Laoghaire – Pictured at the presentation of awards to the students participating in the STEM project. Photo by Peter Cavanagh Photography Alex Farren, Adam Handschuh and Cillian O’Connor were among 23 students from seven DLR Secondary Schools who had the fantastic opportunity to participate in an  Entrepreneur STEM Camp  during October and November. The camp was organised by dlr Public Libraries and dlr  Local Enterprise Office and focused on entrepreneurship in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) for Transition Year students. The venue was the  dlr LexIcon LAB  (Dun Laoghaire) and the camp offered students advanced training in coding, computer programming, 3D printing, robotics and other creative technologies. The Camp resulted in 7 new tech projects being created by teams of 3 – 4 students. Projects ranged from a Smart Mi...

Clothing the body electric: Cotton T-shirt fabric can store electricity, maybe keep your cell phone charged... Date: June 29, 2012 Source: University of South Carolina Summary: The fabric in a cotton T-shirt was converted into a material that can store electricity. A flexible source of electrical power made from this kind of material might one day be able to charge your cell phone, or any number of other mobile electronic devices. dlr TY STEM Entrepreneur Camp 2016  Xiaodong Li (foreground) demonstrates the flexibility of a swatch of activated carbon textile. Credit: Michael Brown, University of South Carolina Over the years, the telephone has gone mobile, from the house to the car to the pocket. The University of South Carolina's Xiaodong Li envisions even further integration of the cell phone -- and just about every electronic gadget, for that matter -- into our lives. He sees a future where electronics are part of our wardrobe. "We wear fabr...

  Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Public Libraries and Local Enterprise Office DLR   are organizing a Transition Year Student Hackathon on the theme of  Assisted Living  on Friday evening 7th   and Saturday 8th December in dlr LexIcon with 60 students from local schools. The facilitator is Dr Jake Rowan-Byrne from TCD. We have been running a TY STEM Entrepreneur Camp for 3 years and are very excited to host and organize our first student hackathon, which this year is kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland. Draft Programme: F riday 7 th   December   6.00pm - 8.00pm 6.00 – 7.00 Advocates from 3 specialist organisations/research areas to make presentations on specific issues and technology available to those in need of assisted living. 7.00 – 8.00 Participants to break up into teams (approx. 12 teams x 5 members) and select a theme based on the issues raised. They will then have an opportunity to discuss the issue with the ad...

dlr  Teen Entrepreneur STEM Camp & Hackathon 2018 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries  and Local Enterprise Office DLR, are delighted to host our third Entrepreneur Learning Camp in STEM (Science, Techology, Engineering and Maths) for Transition Year students this autumn with the addition of a STEM Hackathon. This year's camp and hackathon is kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland and is free for participants. The programme will once again be facilitated by Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne (TCD). The venue , dlr LexIcon LAB, offers programmes on coding, computer programming, 3D printing, robotics and other creative technologies. The camp ’s weekly sessions from October to November 2018 will include; Workshops, Guest Entrepreneurs and Project Maker Days; culminating in a Show and Share Event. The programme is cross curricular and relevant to: Applied Maths Curriculum; Business/Enterprise, Science Subjects, Art and Design; Mechanical Drawing; Technology and...

To find out more and watch a video on the 2017 camp click here: https://www.facebook.com/eithne.prout/videos/1777926802278349/?t=6 Video created by Hayley Reynolds