by tmw2010 | Apr 3, 2014 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
There are a lot of amazing people who make an event like Gulf Coast MakerCon not only possible, but fun and rewarding to create. We want to take a moment here, before we head into the Maker Maelstrom this weekend, to thank some of them, starting with our friends at...
by tmw2010 | Apr 3, 2014 | DIY, Fairs, Festivals, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers
We’re Excited! Are You?! The t-shirts are here! The program is ready! The Makers are pumped and the Volunteers are prepped! All that’s missing is YOU! Just one more day to get your discounted tickets for a weekend of creative...
by tmw2010 | Apr 3, 2014 | DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Pamela French is one of our great commercial makers, bringing her creation, “Pami Pocket ” to Gulf Coast MakerCon. She’s also Vice President of the Tampa Bay Inventor’s Council, one of our event partners, heading up our Inventors Showcase....
by tmw2010 | Apr 1, 2014 | 3d printing, Art, DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Robotics, Science, Young Makers
It’s an exciting time in Tampa Bay! When we held our first “Makerspace UnConference” at our first Maker festival in 2012, there were no full scale makerspaces in Tampa Bay. The Faulhaber FabLab at the GWIZ Science Museum in Sarasota and Familab in...
by tmw2010 | Mar 30, 2014 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival
Our third Tampa Bay maker festival is notable for many things, from being our first two day event, to the number and diversity of makers joining us this year, and for the refreshing presence of Scott Ertz and Nicholas DiMeo of F5 Live, who will be broadcasting live...
by tmw2010 | Mar 29, 2014 | DIY, MakerCon, Makers, Science
We’re excited to have the Tampa Amateur Radio Club (TARC) joining us at Gulf Coast MakerCon again this year. We’ve always had “Hams” at our maker festival, and believe they bring a fun, interesting and important element to our DIY Celebration...
