Gold Coast TechSpace

Taking Tech to the Community Showing practical and interesting technology to the public

A Great Meeting Space We host meetings of groups with similar interests.

Arduino Development An Arduino is a credit card sized computer that you can program to do almost anything. Here we're setting up an arduino to control a relay to open and close our garage door from our mobile phones. Useful? Yes. Fun? Yes!

The RepRap 3D Printer This is a home made 3D printer called a RepRap. It creates objects that you design. It can even make the parts to replicate itself. Nifty! We would like to build a few more of these as group projects.

About Us

Gold Coast TechSpace is a physical place where people come to hack around with and learn about technology, eg software, hardware, robotics, green technology, or anything else that takes your fancy. We are based on the highly successful Hackerspace model, found all over the world, with thousands of groups in the US and several in Australia cities including Brisbane.
The range of activities undertaken is entirely determined by our members, and we try to cater for all age groups, including children under parental supervision.Read more →

Recent Blog Posts

Great turnout for Gold Coast MakerCamp 127 Mar 2013
Our first Makercamp attracted over 30 pe...
Seven by Seven Talk at Rabbit and Cocoon07 Mar 2013
Our President, Steve Dalton, will be giv...
Chris's quadcopter03 Feb 2013
Chris Mitchell, a relatively new member ...
January Open Night: DMD + Arduino 30 Jan 2013
Here’s a DMD connected to an Ardui...
Arduino SIG started12 Jan 2013
This SIG first met 2nd January 2013. A k...

Membership

We are currently seeking new members. If you have any interest in technology, we will be very keen to have you join us as a member of Gold Coast TechSpace. In the first instance, please join our Meetup.com page, and drop into the Space when a meeting is on.
There are three types of membership: Co-Working, Full (hackspace) Membership, and Supporter Membership. A concessional sub-membership is available on full membership, to students and senior citizens.
We also welcome members of the public who wish to check out the space or attend one off events for free.more about membership →

Meetings

Regular open meetings are held on Wednesday nights from 7pm, and also every Sunday afternoon, at the Space. These open meetings are perfect for new members or curious visitors - you are welcome to come along and see what we're all about. It is helpful to us if you join our group on Meetup.com, and RSVP there to indicate when you are coming down.

If you cannot get to a meeting you can see who is there on the webcams.

Read more on our Meetings and Events page.See our upcoming events →

Projects and SIGs

While people can come to the TechSpace and work on their own projects, group projects and Special Interest Groups are also a very good way to engage people in the space.

RepRap (SIG) - a cool 3D plastic printer

Raspberry Pi (SIG) - $25 to $35 credit-card sized computer

Arduino (SIG) - open-source electronic prototyping platform