by tmw2010 | Apr 8, 2015 | Education, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, STEM
Allyn Kahn is a long time Chess coach turned award winning game maker, best known for the Mentagy Puzzle. Allyn has exhibited at some of our past events and we’re happy he’s joining us again this year. We asked him to tell us more about what he does and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 7, 2015 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers Festival
Jeff Brouillette is the inventor of the Bevfridge, a beverage cooling system he created that not only keeps drinks cold to the last drop, but colder, at the last drop. He tells us more about his process and what he’s bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon here....
by tmw2010 | Apr 6, 2015 | DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Science
Dan Flisek – “The Home Scientist” – was one of our guest favorites last year, with his informative and fiery chemistry demos. He joins us again this year, and he’s sure to inspire some new reactions (get it, reactions?) at Gulf Coast...
by tmw2010 | Apr 6, 2015 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors
Gulf Coast MakerCon provides a great platform for people to showcase their homemade solutions to everyday challenges. Sometimes those solutions become the basis for new businesses and revenue streams. Keep ’em Komfy is one of those solutions to a common problem...
by tmw2010 | Apr 5, 2015 | Art, DIY, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, MakerCon, Makerspace
We have some amazing Makers of the Arts this year, among them J Kent, whose diverse talents, interests and passions will be made manifest through his lifesize cardboard sculpture of Mabel the T-Rex Skull, among other things. J Kent has some powerful insights on the...
by tmw2010 | Apr 4, 2015 | Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Sustainability
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel A. Barker One of our neatest – literally – new partnerships this year is with Tony Selvaggio and his e-waste...
