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Feb 10

Dublin to Host International Science Hack Day

Dublin will be the 6th city in the world to host an International Science Hack Day after London, San Francisco, Mexico City, Cincinnati and Cape Town with another 24 planned internationally throughout 2012

Science Hack days have become an international trend successfully bridging the gap between the science, technology and design industries by providing a unique platform for collaboration.

Science Hack Day Dublin is an all-day-all-night event where scientists, engineers, programmers and designers join forces to find solutions (hacks) to find creative solutions or ‘hacks’ to better use scientists data, hardware and research tools during a brief but intense period of collaboration (36 hours).

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The event begins with two rounds of lightening talks where scientists (or those with an interesting idea) can pitch project ideas to teams of programmers, hackers, engineers and designers - who them form teams to work on the projects over the next 36 hours period.

Science Hack Day Dublin will take place in The Hub in Dublin City University on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of March, 2012.

The event is free but tickets must be booked in advance at www.sciencehackdaydublin.com

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