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Meet the Maker: Terry Nehring, Inventor of StoreHitch™
Invention is the heart and soul of any maker event, that Inventive Spirit that we celebrate made whole, visible and viable through the ingenuity and hard work of curious and resourceful problem solvers. Terry Nehring is one of those problem solver, founder and...
Meet the Skills Makers: American Manufacturing Skills Initiative (AMskills)
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 in...
Meet the Young Makers: Harmon STEM School
We've got some great Young Makers joining us, from makerspaces and schools from Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties. One of the area's newest homes for Young Makers is Tampa's Harmon STEM School, which is hosting a STEMathon at their booth. ____________________...
Meet the Makers: USF International Solar Energy Society
Recent efforts by Floridians for Solar Choice caught our attention, and we reached out to see if we could get a solar energy display at Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. They connected us with Dillion Stafford, a student at the University of South Florida, who is a...
Meet the Maker: Brian Johnson, of Johnson Arms
We first met Brian Johnson as a cheerful guest walking around our first Maker festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012 carrying one of his awesome cosplay replicas, and enjoying the day. We even snapped a pic (at left). Last year, Brian joined us as a Maker,...
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015: Fighting Robots, 3D Printing, Handcrafts, Inventions, Gaming & More!
In just one week, on April 18th at 9am at the Florida State Fairgrounds Florida Center, Gulf Coast MakerCon will open its doors for our 4th Annual Celebration of the DIY Inventive Spirit! We'll have more than 75 exhibitors representing a wide diversity of interests,...
Meet the Maker: FreeFab 3D
FreeFab 3D makes 3D printers, but more than that, FreeFab 3D helps build the Maker community in St. Petersburg and in Tampa Bay. Run by Mo Eppley, of Mity Mo Creative, which is a Gulf Coast MakerCon event partner, responsible for our wonderful graphics and...
Meet the Makers: Eureka! Factory
To date, we've been featuring the Makers who will be at Gulf Coast MakerCon. We thought you might enjoy meeting some of the folks who are making Gulf Coast MakerCon possible, starting with event producers, Eureka! Factory. The Eureka! Factory developed as an outgrowth...
6 Extra Maker Spaces Available, thru April 14!
Ten- Six! -extra Maker spaces have become available in one area of our exhibit space thanks to the generosity of the Florida Fairgrounds and some changes in space use by an existing maker group. If you thought you missed the Maker boat when we closed the application...
Gulf Coast MakerCon Welcomes National Academy of Inventors
We're grateful for the support of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) , this year, sponsoring Gulf Coast MakerCon in collaboration with USF Connect and the Florida High Tech Corridor. The National Academy of Inventors is a non-profit membership organization...
Meet the Puzzle Maker: Allyn Kahn, Creator of Mentagy
Allyn Kahn is a long time Chess coach turned award winning game maker, best known for the Mentagy Puzzle. Allyn has exhibited at some of our past events and we're happy he's joining us again this year. We asked him to tell us more about what he does and what he's...
Meet the Maker: Jeff Brouillette, Inventor of Bevfridge
Jeff Brouillette is the inventor of the Bevfridge, a beverage cooling system he created that not only keeps drinks cold to the last drop, but colder, at the last drop. He tells us more about his process and what he's bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon here....