Formation 2011 Purpose Hacking Official language English | Type Hackerspace Location Gold Coast, Australia | |
Coordinates -28.0800734,153.3631283 | ||
The Gold Coast Techspace is a Makerspace/Hackerspace and education centre focusing on Electronics, computer programming, and 3D printing. It is currently located at the Mudgeeraba Old Post Office, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Gold Coast Techspace is a central component of the Gold Coast startup ecosystem and has a sister relationship with Xinchejian, Shanghai, China.
History
The space was started by a group of local technologists, Lucas Brandt, Steven Dalton & Nick Byrne in 2011 from an initial meeting at a McDonalds' out of frustration at there being a lack of places for the local Gold Coast public to learn and share technology, skills and knowledge. Shortly after acquiring their first location in Johnston St, Southport, Gold Coast Techspace (GCTS) was incorporated as a Queensland Incorporated Association (Non-profit) and has operated this way since. The Tech Space has had a number of homes since it's initial founding:
For a while the Gold Coast TechSpace also ran the first co-working space on the Gold Coast – Gold Coast Co-working. As more Coworking spaces emerged on the Gold Coast such as Silicon Lakes and co-Spaces, the GCTS Co-Working space was closed to allow the space to focus on its core activities.
Over the years GCTS has held or participated in a number of collaborative events to encourage development in technology in the local area, these include the Gold Coast Science Fair 2013 and numerous BarCamps; open, participatory meetup.com stylised workshop events designed to provide a representative stage for potential technology ideas, demonstrations &/or start-ups .
Activities
Gold Coast TechSpace is the instigator of a number of technology related activities on the Gold Coast including: