Space Coast Tech Events for August 2025

Wood Shop, Mon, Aug 4, 2025, 7:00 PM via Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

Free and open to the public! This is the time to come and learn woodworking, power tools like the band saw, table saw, drill press, sanders, etc. We even have a CNC! Want to fix a broken table leg? Build a shelf? Build a bird or bat house? Work on these projects and anything you imagine every week!

Drop in a take a tour of the Makerspace to see what it’s all about.

• Date: Aug 4
• Time: 7:00 PM
• Group: Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

Pottery, Mon, Aug 4, 2025, 7:00 PM via Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

Free and open to the public, kids and adults! This is the time to come and develop your creative skills among friends. We’ve got tools and volunteers to help with all kinds of arts and crafts. Here are a few to get you thinking about what you’d like to try:

• Pottery - Hand built, Slab rolling, or Wheel thrown
• Sewing - Embroidery, Serger, Quilting
• Painting - Acrylic, Water color, Oil
• Card Making
• Jewelry
• Origami
• Yarn - Knit or Crochet

Bring in a project you’re working on or an idea of what you’d like to try and we’ll do what we can to help bring it to life.
Lately, we’ve been spending most of the open house in the pottery studio and above are some of our creations.

• Date: Aug 4
• Time: 7:00 PM
• Group: Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

AI Hands-On Workshop, Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 7:00 PM via Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

Join us for our AI Workshop, where we dive into hands-on projects that bring AI to life!

Each session, we’ll work on activities like:
Vibe Coding Apps
Using AI in Creative Projects
Generate 3D Models to be 3D Printed
Generate Images to be Laser Cut

Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, you’ll get the chance to collaborate, create, and explore the endless possibilities of AI in the maker world.

• Date: Aug 5
• Time: 7:00 PM
• Group: Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

Open House: 3D Printing, Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 7:00 PM via Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

FREE and open to the public of all ages! This is the time to come and learn how to use the 3D printer; as well as how to obtain or create files to run on them. The 3D printer has a nominal charge of 5 cents per gram for the filament it consumes; but larger projects you may want to obtain 3D filament of your own. Generally, 1 Kgram of 1.75 mm PLA filament is the most common used by many of our members.

• Date: Aug 7
• Time: 7:00 PM
• Group: Melbourne Makerspace (Florida USA)

SpaceCoastSec - Hack The Box Meetup, Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 6:30 PM via SpaceCoastSec - Space Coast’s Information Security Community

📣 REGISTRATION OPEN FOR AUGUST HTB! 🎉

We’re excited to announce the first Melbourne Hack The Box Meetup!
📃 Register here: https://www.meetup.com/hack-the-box-meetup-melbourne-fl-us/events/309748864
🗓 Date: Wednesday, August 13th
🕓 Time: 6:30PM Eastern. We will wrap at 8:30PM Eastern.
📍 Where: In-person at EFSC Palm Bay Campus Cyber Range, Building 3, Floor 2

Whether you’re experienced or not, you’re welcome to join us! More details coming soon! Since this is our first event, we will start with beginner boxes and challenges. Beginners are welcome! Again, no experience necessary, just bring your curiosity.

🛑 IMPORTANT:
To attend, you must register on the Hack the Box Melbourne, FL Meetup:
👉 https://www.meetup.com/hack-the-box-meetup-melbourne-fl-us/events/309748864

📌 RSVPs on Meetup.com are how Hack The Box measures the success of our community, so please help us out by signing up as soon as it’s published!

💡 It’s fine to use a fake name or throwaway email for Meetup.com, but when registering for the event, you’ll be asked for the real email address you use with Hack The Box.

Let’s show Hack The Box that we can bring out a huge crowd.

Hope to see all of you soon! 🚀

• Date: Aug 13
• Time: 6:30 PM
• Group: SpaceCoastSec - Space Coast’s Information Security Community

SCI Hackathon, Fri, Aug 22, 2025, 5:00 PM via Groundswell Startups: Space Coast

Space Coast Initiative: Brought to you by Groundswell Startups and AWS, this event brings together university students, industry professionals, founders, hackers, tinkerers, and tech enthusiasts to solve real-world challenges across a broad range of themes, from aerospace and agriculture to semiconductors and gaming. With two tracks tailored for both hardware and software innovation, participants will be supported by expert mentors and subject matter experts from across multiple verticals to build solutions that can shape the future of the Space Coast and drive innovation across the State of Florida.

HACKERS TRACK
Software-based challenges
(AI, cloud, web/mobile apps including SaaS)

TINKERERS TRACK
Software and Hardware
(IoT, robotics, embedded systems including HaaS)

Check out the agenda and register at the link below:
https://ti.to/space-coast-initiative/hackathon-2025

• Date: Aug 22
• Time: 5:00 PM
• Group: Groundswell Startups: Space Coast