by tmw2010 | Apr 9, 2015 | Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Ten- Six! -extra Maker spaces have become available in one area of our exhibit space thanks to the generosity of the Florida Fairgrounds and some changes in space use by an existing maker group. If you thought you missed the Maker boat when we closed the application...
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 7, 2015 | Education, Entrepreneurship, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, STEM, Young Makers
We’ve got some great new exhibitors joining us at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 this year, among them Tobusto, LLC, run by twins Renae and Rhonda Mintz, both of whom carry degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Information Systems. They shared a bit about themselves...
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 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...
