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Join Tampa Bay Inventors Council Oct 1 to Celebrate 30 Yrs of Innovation!
On October 1st, the Tampa Bay Inventors Council invites everyone to help them celebrate their 30th anniversary at the St. Petersburg College EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N. in Clearwater. Guests will see the innovations and ideas nurtured by local inventors, and get...
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." -Thomas A. Edison You can find that wonderful quote on the homepage of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame website. You didn't know there was a Florida Inventors Hall of Fame? We didn't either. It's close to...
Homegrown in Hillsborough Call for Presenters & Exhibitors!
The Homegrown in Hillsborough Festival is a special event celebrating the cultural diversity of Hillsborough County, and will feature the following categories: The Visual | Arts & Crafts: Artists, Artisans, & Architects The Audible | Words & Music:...
GadgitKids and the Power of Reverse Mentoring
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 intergenerational win-win process of employing high...
Invention Alive and Well in Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay Business Journal ran a piece earlier this month titled, "Tampa tech industry is healthy, but local inventors are needed." Clearly TBBJ hasn't been to one of our Maker Fairs, but more to the heart of the matter, TBBJ says what's missing is funding -...
In Celebration of Competitive Creativeness
A couple of years ago the America Competes Reauthorization Act was approved granting federal agencies broad authority to host contests to spur innovation. In How Contests Spur Innovation, Inventors Daily reported, at the time, that this signature event was critical to...
Up & Coming Events
Our calendar is starting to fill up with some great local events. Here's just a few: August 3, Dunedin: Suncoast Skirmishers: Games of August V. 8 AM to 5:30 PM at St. Catherine’s Church 502 Druid Hill Road, Temple Terrace, Fl. 33617. Games include Historical,...
Brand vs. Heart
Our move towards becoming an independent DIY festival and community network has triggered some interesting discussions among friends and associates. Some have expressed concern about the ability to build and support our growing maker community without the name brand...
St. Petersburg Science Festival – October 18 & 19
Planning is underway for the 3rd Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival, a regional celebration where families and the public can explore the wonders of hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). LI4E.org is one of many great collaborative partners of...