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Woodshop Move

June 22, 2017 by Jon Adair

We’ve made good use of our expansion by relocating the woodshop to the back half of the additional space. This opens up much more space for woodworking and eventually more tools and work surfaces. Thanks to generous donors and volunteers for polishing the floor, painting walls, hanging lights, moving equipment, and so much more.

Filed Under: Hackerspace Updates, Woodworking Domain Tagged With: makerspace

Making The Future 2016

October 23, 2016 by TampaHackerspace

Activity and description: Children participating in the programs will make their own computers using a Raspberry Pi, a touchscreen, and more. During the program, they will learn also soldering skills and be introduced to programming using Scratch, MineCraft, and Python. Instructors and volunteers will guide and support the children over course of the program. Students […]

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Pinellas Hack Shack

September 12, 2016 by Jon Adair

Pinellas Hack Shack is open in the Pinellas Park area. It is a small makerspace focused on computers especially Linux and woodworking / woodshop. Convenient to St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Seminole, and the rest of Pinellas County.

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Looking forward – tell us what you’d like to see

July 25, 2015 by TampaHackerspace

It’s hard to believe we’ve been in our new space for a year already! Since we moved in last June, we’ve held or hosted over 250 events and programs and seen more than 2,000 people through our doors. We have expanded our free programs with public technology workshops like our growing e-Nable communityand promoted and […]

Filed Under: Hackerspace Updates Tagged With: classes, events, hackerspace events, hackerspace programs, kids open make, kom, survey, update

Making The Future

May 23, 2015 by TampaHackerspace

Thank you Cognizant for helping us Make The Future with some great kids at Robles Elementary and Cypress Creek Elementary. Can’t wait for the next round of classes! Some photos of our newest makers! @HackTampa @adafruit #MakingtheFuture pic.twitter.com/Of7NylT950 — Joe Blankenship (@CGRIIorg) May 22, 2015

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Mid-Pinellas Comic Con

July 17, 2014 by Jon Adair

We will have a table at Mid-Pinellas Comic Con Saturday, August 9 from 10am to 5pm. This is at the Seminole Community Library at the St. Petersburg College Seminole campus. Come meet comic fans, gamers, cosplayers, and makers from St. Petersburg, Largo, Clearwater, Seminole and more. We’ll be showing off some of our projects, 3D printing, and […]

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LEGO Quadcopter Kickstarter

February 26, 2014 by Jon Adair

There’s a new Kickstarter for a LEGO quadcopter / drone kit from Ed Scott and Nick Margarone. They first met up at a “Everything Quadrotor” Meetup we organized back in November. Ed showed off his autonomous GPS-controlled hexcopter and talked about a lot of his experiences flying, including recovering his copter from crashes in lakes and […]

Filed Under: Business, Hackerspace Updates Tagged With: Kickstarter, LEGO, quadcopter

2013 In Review / Looking Forward

January 2, 2014 by TampaHackerspace

2013 was a great start for us at Tampa Hackerspace. Rather than go on and on about what we’ve done, I’ll simply post a list and conclude with some of the things that we already know we’re looking towards in 2014. We’re planning a board workshop to do some goal setting but I really want […]

Filed Under: Business, Electronics Domain, Hackerspace Updates, Machining Domain, Robotics Domain, Woodworking Domain

Hunting Rogue Lionfish

December 21, 2013 by TampaHackerspace

Lionfish are invading Florida! This invasive species has no natural predators and is destroying reef habitats in the Atlantic. They are projected to expand into the Gulf of Mexico. There’s a nice summary of the problem on Wikipedia. In partnership with Middleton High School, we have obtained a grant from the Paul Allen Foundation for […]

Filed Under: Electronics Domain, Hackerspace Updates, Robotics Domain

Build Tampa’s First Hackerspace Update #2

December 21, 2013 by TampaHackerspace

What do you do? It’s a question we get all the time. Here’s a look at a couple of the things that we do at one of our Open Make nights. One of the first stops for visitors is our 3D printer. A couple members are working on getting better and better prints – something […]

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