by tmw2010 | Jun 29, 2014 | DIY, Festivals, inventors, Makers, Makers Festival
Nice video about Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014 from Wayne Rasanen, inventor of the In10Did keyboard, and president of the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, one of our Gulf Coast MakerCon partners. Thank you, Wayne!...
by tmw2010 | Jun 16, 2014 | Makers, Makers Festival
I want us all to think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, whether it’s science festivals, robotics competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and invent — to be makers of things, not just...
by tmw2010 | May 27, 2014 | DIY, Makers
We know you’re out there – incredible makers doing amazing things with electronics, wood, textiles, concrete blocks,pvc pipes, old chairs, Spanish moss – you name it, we know you do it! So we’re inviting you, the awesome makers of the Gulf...
by tmw2010 | Apr 19, 2014 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
We had so much fun at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014, we’ve already got the Special Events Center at the Florida Fairgrounds reserved for April 18, 2015 for next year’s event! We’re scaling back to a one day event, but running from 10am to 8pm, adding...
by tmw2010 | Apr 15, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
The creative DIY entrepreneurial community has grown considerably on the Florida west coast over the last few years, due in no small measure to celebratory showcase events like Gulf Coast MakerCon, and Bar Camps in Sarasota and Tampa, which are increasingly...
by tmw2010 | Apr 11, 2014 | DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Robotics, Science, Young Makers
Gulf coast MakerCon, Tampa Bay’s 3rd Annual Celebration of the DIY Inventive Spirit brought everything from Blacksmith Artists, to Electric Race Cars and fighting robots to the Florida Fairgrounds Special Events Center West, at 4800 Highway 301 North in Tampa,...
