WHAT IS SCIENCE HACK DAY? 

Science Hack Day is an all-day-all-night (36 hour) event that brings scientists, engineers, computer scientists and designers together to find solutions (hacks) to real-life problems and questions during a brief but intense period of collaboration. Science Hack Days have become an international trend successfully bringing science and technology together by providing a platform for different types of creative and inquisitive minds to collaborate in the same physical space on focused tasks.

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

This is what happens at a Science Hack Day:

London Hack Day Video from Tom Coates on Vimeo.

WHEN & WHERE?

March 3rd-4th 2012 in “The Hub” DCU. Starts at 9am Saturday, ends 6pm Sunday, with Hacking/sleeping overnight in the venue (optional).

WHAT IS A HACK?

A hack is a quick solution to a problem – maybe not the most elegant solution, but often the cleverest. A common example of hacking would involve the mixing up data from different sources in new and interesting ways, or in more physical sense, repurposing or adding new features to old and dated equipment. We won’t steal your credit cards or listen to your juicy voice mails! We will MAKE things!

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Science Hack Day is for anyone with an interest in bringing science and technology together. If you’re a coder, designer, scientist, hacker, statistician or simply an enthusiastic person with good ideas, Science Hack Day is for you.