by Terri Willingham | Apr 6, 2016 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Electronics, Gaming, inventors, Makers, Mentoring, Robotics, Science, STEM, Young Makers
Here at Gulf Coast MakerCon, we get excited about all of our makers… but we really get fired up about our amazing youth makers!! It is our pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and inspiring young man, Rocket Burns, who will be making his debut...
by tmw2010 | Apr 16, 2015 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Mentoring, Robotics, STEM, Young Makers
Some people put videos of nature or landscapes to music, or images of people. Some see concertos in CAD. Enjoy this look at a Southeast Combot Championship robot under design, courtesy of Chris Willingham, a mentor with the Edgar Allan Ohms Land O’Lakes...
by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Apprenticeship, Education, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Mentoring, Young Makers
One of our goals with Gulf Coast MakerCon is to build a premier community maker event for youth and adults highlighting the practical and useful as well as the fun. This year, we’ve got some great groups helping us do just that, and showing how native interests...
by tmw2010 | Mar 25, 2014 | DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Mentoring
The Tampa Bay Inventors Council (TBIC) is a long time friend and partner of LI4E, and we’re delighted to welcome them to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014, where they’re hosting the Florida Inventors Showcase. We talked to Wayne Rasanen, president of TBIC, to...
by tmw2010 | Jul 31, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Training, Young Makers
Here’s an awesome idea! GadgitKids works “to create a society of mobile device users whose capabilities keep pace with the sophistication of technology.” – They do this through “reverse mentoring” – a collaborative...
