NEWS
A Makers Thanksgiving
Hope you're off to a lovely holiday season - a perfect time to be a maker, with opportunities to make everything from food to gifts, as well plans for the new year. We hope one of those plans you make will be to be part of Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015, on April 18, 2015...
Celebrate Andrew Carnegie's Birthday at the Hive Makerspace
Gulf Coast Makers are invited to join in the at The Hive Centennial Celebration Open House at John F. Germany Library, at 900 Ashley Drive in Tampa, on Saturday, November 15th, from 1pm to 4pm. Located on the 3rd floor of the John F. Germany Library, the Hive is a...
Gulf Coast Makers Making a Mark
Gulf Coast Makers were in abundance at the recent Maker Faire Orlando September 13 & 14. In addition to the ones captured in photos here - FreeFab 3D, Tampa Hackerspace, Eureka! Factory, Gabotronics, Nepchune's Noise Circus, Tampa Bay Inventors Council, In10Did...
Thank You, Hillsborough County!
It with great gratitude that we recognize Hillsborough County for their generous support of Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015, through an EDI2 Economic Development grant. Hillsborough County recognizes direct added value to our community of supporting and celebrating our...
Gulf Coast MakerCon: A Look at the Maker Community
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!...
Celebrate the National Day of Making June 18th!
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 consumers...
We Want Your Blog Posts!
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 Coast, to contribute...
Save the Date! Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 set for April 18th!
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 some programming, and...
Help us Build our Maker Community!
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...
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014 Fun & Successful!
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, on...
Day One, Awesome Fun!
We had a terrific first day at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014! The weather was gorgeous, making for picture perfect runs of the Electrathon racers, breezes under the trees where the blacksmith artists worked, and generally a perfect Florida spring day to celebrate...
Are you Ready?!
It's almost time! The arena is set up for USF-RIGs Battles at MakerCon, the pennants are up by the entrance, the volunteers are prepped, we've got the Electrathon track mapped out, the programs are printed, the games are packed and waiting, the electronics are...