Category Archives: Science

Make the Makers: Sumo BrickBots

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

We’ll have a variety of robots and autonomous machines on display and operating at Gulf Coast Maker & Comic Con, and some interactive opportunities, too, like Sumo BrickBots! Sumo BrickBots is an outreach activity of the Porygon Programmers, a FIRST … Continue reading →

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Meet the Makers: Freak Show Follies

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

The Freak Show Follies come to Gulf Coast Maker & Comic Con 2018!  Stacy Salmon, the mind behind the art, tells us more.

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Welcome GCMCC Sponsors: USF Connect & the Florida High Tech Corridor

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

Each year, almost since the inception of Gulf Coast Maker Con, USF CONNECT and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council have shown their support for the inventive spirit that fuels our Maker community.  This year, they’re joining us again and … Continue reading →

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Make it Sky High

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

Check out this cool launch footage of the “Don’t Ask” 3D Printed Rocket flying an I303 Cesaroni motor. Filmed with a GoPro Hero 3, video is synchronized with data gathered from an on-board Nexus 4 Android phone. “The phone gathered … Continue reading →

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Gulf Coast MakerCon Welcomes Florida High Tech Corridor as 2016 Sponsor!

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

Stretching across 23 counties, the Florida High Tech Corridor is “a technology rich region known as much for its legacy in aerospace as it is for its growing prominence in other high tech clusters of innovation such as Modeling and … Continue reading →

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