Combat @ MakerCon  – Cohosted by Build Fight Fun, see 3 lb and under weight class robots duke it out!

Build your own travel adventure with Armadillo Travel Adventures and learn how travel fuels innovation, sparks creativity, expands perspective and connects cultures.

New! STEAM Room Panel Talks

Human Powered Frozen Beverage Machine, also known to many as the world’s largest snow cone machine, comes to MakerCon this year! 

A display of available, handmade blades, as well as examples of previous builds

Itimipi Bookstore sells New and Used local history books and local fiction with emphasis on books about or set in the Tampa Bay area, and the whole state of Florida.

A local author obsessed with aquatic cryptids builds the means to find them. Check out the modular RC boat and the camera system designed to explore the mysteries of the deep.

Creative Cutout sells custom laser cut art and jewelry.

Don’t worry about the calories on this treat – you’re going to run them off in the process of making your own snow cone via the Human Powered Frozen Beverage Machine! 

3D-printing creator specializing in custom military‑themed light boxes, blending precision craftsmanship with deep respect for service and story.

The Sew Chill sewing group keeps AMRoC in stitches three nights a week, and sometimes on Saturdays!  For MakerCon, the sewing team has created a great collection of handmade goods to sell, to benefit the AMRoC Sewing Program.  Check it and visit the AMRoC Calendar page to see how you can join in the fun, too!

SOFWERX serves as an innovation platform for the USSOCOM by bringing the best of Government, Industry, Academia, and National Labs together to help solve challenging problems encountered by Special Operations Forces.

The Engineers Without Borders USF Chapter  joins us with Fluid Mechanics Demonstrations!   Explore and tinker with a DIY hydraulic press using syringes, a DIY water wheel using popsicle sticks, a DIY water filtration system and a rainwater catchment system.

Jungle Robotics is a FIRST Robotics Competition team from Sarasota, and will be exhibiting a robot, demo-ing it, and answering questions about it.

See it… Make it! Pasco County Libraries’ makerspaces are do-it-yourself centers where you can create, learn, design, experiment, and build!

E-smart is an e-waste recycling company whose mission is to recycle old technology from individuals and companies, at the highest compliance standards, and use a portion of the proceeds to fund tech labs for kids without access to computers worldwide. E-smart hosts the Gulf Coast MakerCon Deconstruction Zone!

Come learn about the Tampa Hackerspace and our awesome community of makers. We will exhibit some of our makers’ creations, from all areas of our shop.

The Community Innovation Collaborative , an initiative of Tampa Bay Community Network and the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation , is a precedent-setting collaborative capacity-building effort to create  a one-stop shop for STEAM education, entrepreneurship, small business support and workforce skills development.