Chris Walker dropped out of Dartmouth and became a Thiel Fellow in 2013. He had an idea for a math video game that was inspired by the TI 84 graphing calculator. He tried creating an educational video game studio but it didn't work out. He joined Hack Club, a studentled educational intiative that started teaching coding but has branched out. Hack Club's founder, Zach Latta, was also a Thiel Fellow.
Chris started Castle Bravo as a personal project with the idea of turning a bouncy castle into a boat a motorized floating bouncy castle. He's now working with young people to create a solarpowered version. Chris will bring the current version to Maker Faire Bay Area
00:00 Hack Club's Chris Walker and Castle Bravo
01:34 Introduction
02:48 My TI 84 graphing calculator and SineRider
04:10 2013 Thiel Fellowship
05:25 Hack Club
08:05 Castle Bravo
13:14 Looking back, would you do it again?