by Terri Willingham | Apr 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, Makers
Invention is the heart and soul of any maker event, that Inventive Spirit that we celebrate made whole, visible and viable through the ingenuity and hard work of curious and resourceful problem solvers. Terry Nehring is one of those problem solver, founder and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 11, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Contests, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makerspace, Science, Sponsors, Young Makers
In just one week, on April 18th at 9am at the Florida State Fairgrounds Florida Center, Gulf Coast MakerCon will open its doors for our 4th Annual Celebration of the DIY Inventive Spirit! We’ll have more than 75 exhibitors representing a wide diversity of...
by tmw2010 | Apr 8, 2015 | Education, Entrepreneurship, inventors, Sponsors, Young Makers
We’re grateful for the support of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) , this year, sponsoring Gulf Coast MakerCon in collaboration with USF Connect and the Florida High Tech Corridor. The National Academy of Inventors is a non-profit membership organization...
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 | 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...
