Driving Progress and Innovation: Highlights from the MIDAS Ireland Conference
Last week, Mint-Tek had the privilege of attending the MIDAS Ireland Conference & Gala Dinner, a key gathering for leaders and innovators in the semiconductor industry. It was an inspiring day filled with insights, collaboration, and forward-thinking discussions about the future of this vital sector in Ireland. One of the highlights was a panel hosted […]
Mint‑Tek to Attend MIDAS Ireland Annual Conference in Cork
We’re delighted to announce that Mint‑Tek will be attending the MIDAS Ireland Annual Conference & Gala Dinner on November 13th, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork. This year’s theme, “The Societal Benefit of Semiconductors,” brings together leading voices from Ireland’s electronics and semiconductor sectors. With speakers from AMD, Intel, Infineon, Cadence, and […]
PCB Design Workshop Recap – October 8th, 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent online workshop introducing DesignSpark PCB. It was a fantastic session, and we’re grateful to all who participated and contributed to the lively discussion. The agenda for the session included: Welcome & IEEE Introduction – Tom and Ethan Mint‑Tek, WE Unite, and MIDAS Overview – Siobhán […]
Siobhán to Speak at Big Data Belfast 2025
We’re proud to share that Siobhán Ní Chofaigh will be representing our team at Big Data Belfast 2025, taking place this Wednesday, 22nd October at the ICC Belfast. This year’s conference is set to be the largest yet, welcoming over 900 delegates for a full day of insights, innovation, and discussion around the future of […]
STEMblem Product Design Competition
Mint-Tek Launches Product Design Competition(STEMblem) to Inspire Creativity and Innovation amongst Transition Year Students The competition invites TY students from secondary schools across Galway to conceptualise and design a product – a St. Patrick’s Day themed emblem. Prize: €2500 worth of the winning team’s product, finalised, tested, and manufactured. Important Dates! 4th October – Closing […]
PCH Hackathon Dublin 2015
Recently, we attended a hackathon in DCU in Dublin, hosted by PCH. 52 hours of blood, sweat and tears to create a prototype from one of the first day pitch ideas. That doesn’t mean you need to be an engineer or anything of the sort. At the hackathon there were all types of people present, from homemakers to engineers. All the ideas were amazing!
Maker Faire UK
We were invited recently to run a workshop at the UK Maker Faire, which took place at the end of April in Newcastle. There were around 120 Makers in the Life Centre, with talks and performances also happening. It was really busy, with more than 10,000 attendees over the weekend.
Maker Faire Rome 2015
We went to the Maker Faire in Rome during October. We ran the Mint Tek Circuits workshop for adults and children to make flashing badges from printed circuit boards, using SMD technology, solder paster, a toaster oven and a Reflowster device.
Dublin Maker 2015
The Dublin Maker was held in Trinity College Dublin on the 25th of July 2015. It was a free event consisting of 10,000 visitors and 45 makers. We ran our “Hardie Kids” workshop here. There was an enormous turnout and many interested in making their own badge, from 10am to 4pm (at which point we […]
Inspire Fest 2015
Inspirefest 2015 was a two day international event that connects professionals interested in the future of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with new perspectives on innovation, leadership and success. Plus unique networking at their exciting Fringe Festival this took place from the 18th – 20th June 2015 in Dublin. It was hosted by Silicon Republic. At this […]