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Gulf Coast MakerCon for Educators
The “maker” movement is simply the DIY creative spirit reignited for the 21st century. It’s a return to self-sufficiency, self-reliance and creativity, providing engaging and hands-on opportunities to inspire, educate, and entertain curious and creative learners of...
Meet the Robot Makers!
Robots are a big part of any maker event, and Gulf Coast MakerCon is no exception. We'll have a variety of robots on hand - bouncing balls, flinging frisbees, butlering and battling to the (near) death, a grand kick off for National Robotics Week, and just plain old...
Meet the Maker: Tangible Labs
Our collection of awesome Makers is wonderful and growing! This weekend, we'll get to know Tangible Labs. Tangible Labs grew out of MityMo Creative, a creative services agency located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. For over ten years, MityMo has provided print,...
Meet the Hero Makers: Cosplay for the Greater Good
We made the acquaintance of the Heroes Alliance at Otronicon in Orlando a couple of months back. It wasn't so much their costumes as the joyful reactions they produced in everyone around them, that made us come calling. We were delighted when they agreed to be part...
Kick off National Robotics Week at Gulf Coast MakerCon Robotics Showcase!
We'll be helping kick off National Robotics Week with a Gulf Coast Makercon Robotics Showcase, front and center at our 3rd Annual Celebration of DIY Inventive Spirit. We'll have K-12 FIRST robotics teams from around Tampa Bay. With support from a comprehensive...
Welcome Awesome Makers!
Our Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014 line up is taking shape and it's a beautiful synchronicity of creativity! We're delighted to welcome The Heroes Alliance, turning cosplay into community service The Tampa Bay Inventors Council, anchoring a Florida Inventors Showcase at our...
International Tabletop Day @ Gulf Coast MakerCon, April 5th!
Love tabletop games like cards, board games, dice games, tabletop RPGs? So do we! That's why we were delighted to learn that International TableTop Day is the first day of our Gulf Coast MakerCon event this year! So, in collaboration with Suncoast Skirmishers, we...
Gulf Coast MakerCon Inventors Showcase & More!
LI4Es Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014 will feature festivals within our festival, with a Youth Maker Festival, Robotics competitions and exhibits, and a Florida Inventors Showcase, hosted in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, one of our event partners. Want...
Happy Holidays from Gulf Coast Makers!
Gulf Coast MakerCon Early Bird Tickets Now on Sale!
Take advantage of our Early Bird ticket sales for Gulf Coast MakerCon, and get admission for the full weekend at half the rate of a one day pass, paid the day of, at the gate! Early Bird tickets will be on sale now through Feb. 28th. Interested in being a Maker? Click...
Gulf Coast MakerCon Comes to Florida Fairgrounds, April 5 & 6
Learning is for Everyone (LI4E.org) hosted the area's first ever Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire in 2012. In 2013, our event nearly doubled in size, drawing more than 500 attendees. For 2014, LI4E is dialing up our annual DIY Celebration of the Inventive Spirit with a two...
Robot Hack Meet Up at John F. Germany Library Sunday Nov. 3, 1pm
As development of the new Learning is for Everyone (LI4E) Community Innovation Center gets underway at the John F. Germany Library in downtown Tampa, some early projects are getting underway, staring with a Robot Hack team. If you want to join in the fun, come out...