San Francisco-based startup MakePi is based on an exciting concept:

Most of us love to make things.

And MakePi has come up with–the world’s first DIY tablet computer for kids, the MakePad!

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At CES® 2018‘s Eureka Park™ Marketplace,  MakePi co-founder and CEO Bruno Costa was exhibiting the MakePad.  Besides utilizing maker skills,  the MakePad is designed to teach students, ages 5 to 14, hardware awareness and coding.

And it doesn’t require an Internet connection.

Bruno explained how kids can construct their own MakePad computers and use them, shared the story of MakePi and their vision for the future.

And, heads-up: the MakePad’s Kickstarter campaign starts on March 5th!  Here’s the link for information.

On this edition of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear:

• How MakePi first came into being;

• The origins of the MakePad tablet;

• Some of the main challenges Bruno and his team encountered, in developing the MakePad;

• The purpose behind the content, for students who use the MakePad;

• What students will see, when they first receive their MakePad to construct;

• How the MakePad works, after a student builds the tablet;

• What students will learn, as they use the MakePad;

• The MakePi team’s vision for future educational innovations.

• The inspiration behind Bruno’s work with the MakePad tablet.