TOG (hackerspace)

TOG is a hackerspace in Dublin, Ireland.^[1] tóg is a word in the Irish language; one of its meanings is 'to build or construct'.^[2]

TOG

Formation	2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Location	Ireland
Origin	Dublin
Website	www.tog.ie

History

The project was started in January 2009 and the space opened in May 2009.^[3] In June 2010, TOG moved to a new, larger building on Chancery Lane (Unit 3), Dublin 8.^[4] In January 2015 it was confirmed that the lease on this building would not be extended beyond April 2015, and TOG announced its intention to move to a new premises in Dublin city centre.^[5] In the event the lease was extended through October and TOG moved to its new premises, the ground floor of 22 Blackpitts, in mid-October 2015.^[6]

Events

TOG has group nights on Mondays with Electronics and Micro-controllers,^[7] and Wednesdays with Coding^[8] where the space is available for people to work on their projects and also get help with any problems that may be having from 7PM weekly, and semi-regular Craft nights.

Members of TOG have also spoken (or plan to speak) at technology related conferences around Ireland, such as

• OSSBarcamp, September 2009^[9][10]
• PyCon Ireland (the Python Ireland annual conference)^[11]
• Ubuntu Ireland and Skynet talks^[12]
• TechWeek at DCU^[13]

TOG has also hosted events for Engineers Week^[14][15] and Science Week.^{[16][17][18][19]}

TOG, in association with the Irish Robotics Club, hosted an electronics workshop with Mitch Altman from San Francisco's hackerspace Noisebridge, and Jimmie P. Rodgers, in the Science Gallery, Dublin.^[20]

TOG has also held events as part of the Innovation Dublin Festival.^[21][22][23]

TOG has also taken part in Dublin Art and Technology Association's (DATA) 'DATA EVENT 37.0' at the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA).^[24]

TOG has also participated in the annual Dublin Maker event, which attracts over 10,000 attendees.^[25]

Members of TOG have also taken part in several 'Synchronous Hackathons', live simultaneous hacking events with other hackerspaces.^[26]

TOG also took part in the Global Hackerspace Cupcake Challenge, where participating hackerspaces send a cupcake to each other. The TOG cupcake was sent to Artifactory in Perth, Australia. TOG received a cupcake from Alpha One Labs in New York, USA.^[27][28]