A Program ofIn the case of duct tape… ... if you've got enough of it,you can move the world. - Jamie Hyneman,Mythbusters - | By admin, May 16th,2012  We’ve had a little down time from the FIRST Championship,now it’s time to get back out and play! Our first stop –the Orlando Mini Maker Faire! We had a great time at the Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire in March,and we’re excited about taking our way cool scissor lift bot on the road to run some more. We’re also looking forward to all the great DIY fun and learning in the Maker line up for the Orlando event.
Team Duct Tape will be participating as part of Learning is for Everyone’s Parade of Projects,which will include,in addition to our great lifting bot, duct tape crafts,some hands on photography fun,DIY books and more. 
So come out to the Orlando Mini Maker Faire at the Central Florida Fairgrounds,and Make Your Day! By admin, May 2nd,2012  This season,we built three robots,put in hundreds of hours designing,building,on outreach and fundraising,and proved our way into the semi-finals to compete against the cream of the crop at the FTC Championship in St. Louis last weekend. And we held our own,helping our Edison alliance stay in the game for three full matches,with towering crate lifts every time!
In the end,the Winning Alliance honor went to Kentucky’s Team 4444,Whitefield Academy Robotics Alliance,which included our Tampa Bay neighbors Middleton Robotics team Masquerade (way to go Masquerade!) and Team 354,Coyote Robotics of Virginia,and we took a top ten finish. Fellow Floridians Team 5454,dent in the universe,earned the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award. So it was a great showing for the Sunshine State! We’re so very grateful to all our friends,supporters,donors and mentors. Special thanks to Mr. Paul Markun of Tampa Technik,for keeping his door open at all hours and patiently letting TDT work through problems and solutions,and scatter his tools. Thank you sharing the gifts of your experience,and your elegant design tutelage. The lessons and the time you’ve shared with team members will endure far beyond their World Championship experience. Special thanks to,to our meeting hosting family,who always “left the light on”letting team members meet as often as needed,at whatever hours they could. All of our families are incredible! We’ve said it before,but we’ll say it again,without the Team Behind the Team,Team Duct Tape wouldn’t be as successful as it is! Few teams get to go to the World Championship in the first place,and for TDT to have made it twice in our four years is something to be proud of! Dr. Woody Flowers,in one of his addresses,told us it was more meaningful to say you’re successful because you worked hard,not just because you’re smart –because if you just think you’re smart,you won’t try as hard to be successful. But people who believe they can be successful when they work hard,will always work hard to succeed. We believe our Team Duct Tape students are smart and they work hard,and we hope their class,professionalism and solid work ethic will continue to make them successful all the rest of their lives! 
By admin, April 23rd,2012 By admin, April 18th,2012 [ April 24,2012 to April 29,2012. ] [caption id="attachment_3279" align="alignleft" width="387" caption="Ready for World Domination - or something!"][/caption] Team Duct Tape hosted a short scrimmage session with FIRST Championship bound dent in the universe and Masquerade on Saturday. We spent more time on the work bench than on the practice field,but it was a fun afternoon,with great company, good eats,and [...] [...] By admin, April 7th,2012 That’s the first few words of one of the classic FIRST Core Values- “We do the work to get the job done with guidance from our coaches and mentors.” And that’s exactly what Team Duct Tape members have been doing,to the tune of 10-20 hours a week (almost 30 hours this week!) [...] [...] By admin, April 1st,2012 We've got a scissor lift! Barnes &Noble outreach crew Team Duct Tape’s been on the road a lot lately,kicking off World Championship fundraiser events,like the recent Barnes &Noble Book Fair,working at Tampa Technik in St. Petersburg,with mentor Paul Markun working on the new scissor lift design,and yesterday at the first [...] [...] By admin, March 28th,2012 We’ll sell the acorns off our trees to get to the FIRST World Championship in St. Louis! Our fantastic team families have been pulling out all the stops in our fundraising efforts –contacting organizations and businesses for their support,organizing fundraising dinners and raffles,writing letters and now they’re pulling out their collectibles! Inspired by [...] [...] By admin, March 27th,2012 It is with deep gratitude that we announce a generous donation from AquaCal. The St. Petersburg,FL company is the world’s largest manufacturer of swimming pool/spa heat pumps since 1981,and a Team Duct Tape supporter since 2010! AquaCal contributed to our 2010 World Championship journey and we’re honored and humbled that they’re supporting the [...] [...] | New Season is Just Around the Corner!Our coffers are drained from our World Championship run. Your contributions will help us cover 2012-13 costs for registration,new tools and equipment,and tournament costs. All donations made through Learning is for Everyone are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please type "Team Duct Tape" in the comment section of your Network for Good donation. Thank you! Support TDT with Great Geek Gear!Visit Florida FTC on  |
