by tmw2010 | Apr 6, 2015 | DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Science
Dan Flisek – “The Home Scientist” – was one of our guest favorites last year, with his informative and fiery chemistry demos. He joins us again this year, and he’s sure to inspire some new reactions (get it, reactions?) at Gulf Coast...
by tmw2010 | Apr 5, 2015 | Art, DIY, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, MakerCon, Makerspace
We have some amazing Makers of the Arts this year, among them J Kent, whose diverse talents, interests and passions will be made manifest through his lifesize cardboard sculpture of Mabel the T-Rex Skull, among other things. J Kent has some powerful insights on the...
by tmw2010 | Apr 3, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Automotive, Cosplay, Costuming, DIY, Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Mechanics, Music, Props, Radio, Robotics, Science, Textiles, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is more than twice as big as our 2014 event, featuring more than 75 Maker groups representing a wide diversity of interests, skills, hobbies, trades and professions ranging from textile and other heritage crafters, to amateur radio, inventors...
by tmw2010 | Mar 25, 2015 | Art, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Victoria Deering brings her love of mixed media and jewelry design to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 with her company, Frenzy Beading. She took some time to tell us a bit about her work, how she got started, and what she’s bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon. GCMC: Who...
by tmw2010 | Mar 19, 2015 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Gulf Coast MakerCon, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace
We have several local makerspaces participating in Gulf Coast MakerCon this year, one of which is Tampa’s community gem, THE HIVE , a 10,000 sq. ft. public community innovation center and makerspace located on the 3rd floor of the west building in the John F....
by tmw2010 | Mar 19, 2015 | DIY, Education, Electronics, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makerspace, Robotics
Stetson University’s Innovation House is a makerspace at the Deland based university that provides “contemporary tools of rapid prototyping to develop and make tangible objects. It also provides a community of makers for its members to tap...