TeslaCon 15: What YOU need to know and how to plan for it
Strange Steampunk and Reinvented Fairy Tales
Shanties on the High Seas
After a quick introduction (if desired) the participants will share songs of the sea as we sing, learn, teach and laugh together. Lyrics will be provided for any songs that aren’t known by everyone. All singing abilities are welcome! Its more important to want to sing and have fun than to be pitch perfect!
Read MoreNotorious She-Pirates: Real Women of the High Seas
Learn the true history of famous pirate queens like Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Grace O’Malley, as well as other, lesser-known but equally courageous Women of Fortune who ruled the seas.
Read MoreReligions of the Caribbean
Atlantis Technology
A presentation on the technology of Atlantis. What we think, know, and still use from this missing ancient city.
Read MorePlato and the Story of Atlantis
Ukulele/Music Jam
Presented by the BrassGears Ukulele Melodium (BUMs). Come make music with us: bring your ukulele, stringed instrument, or your voice and join us in a song circle. We may perform some other time during the convention to share our caterwauling with the public.
Read MoreMysteries of Steam
What is SteamPunk without the steam? Join Magister Aloysius Von Diesel as he travels back to ancient Greece to investigate the first known use of steam to perform a task, to Victorian England to pump water, power early factories, and even cleal the Thames river of a powerful odor. Then on to the New World…
Read MoreBrief History of Pivotal Technology
This is a brief survey of technologies that profoundly impacted human culture and civilization. So what is your favorite? The stirrup, lets you finally put some real power behind that saber cut. Or maybe the Archimedes Screw. I will entice the audience to provide their thoughts and then contrast them with my own list. This…
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