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Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is Making it BIG!

Posted on April 3, 2015 by tmw2010

Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is more than twice as big as our 2014 event, featuring  more than 75 Maker groups representing a wide diversity of interests, skills, hobbies, trades and professions ranging from textile and other heritage crafters, to amateur radio, inventors and … Continue reading →

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Help us Build our Maker Community!

Posted on April 15, 2014 by tmw2010

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 broadening their … Continue reading →

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Meet the Makerspace Makers and Attend our 3rd Annual Makerspace UnConference

Posted on April 1, 2014 by tmw2010

It’s an exciting time in Tampa Bay!  When we held our first “Makerspace UnConference” at our first Maker festival in 2012, there were no full scale makerspaces in Tampa Bay.  The Faulhaber FabLab at the GWIZ Science Museum in Sarasota … Continue reading →

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Kick off National Robotics Week at Gulf Coast MakerCon Robotics Showcase!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by tmw2010

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 … Continue reading →

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