TEAM DUCT TAPE

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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein
Team Duct Tape Team
TDT members celebrated their sweet success with an abundance of good eats, on Saturday, including a cake declaring “Rip it! Stick it! Done! Atlanta Here We Come!” (which gave the cake decorator [...]

Team Duct Tape is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of TRAK Microwave and Raytheon NCS, towards costs for FIRST World Championship registration and accommodations expenses.  The logistics of getting a team of ten and their families to Atlanta for four days - a party of twenty-two so far- is challenging and the expense considerable. Thanks to TRAK Microwave and [...]

TDT accepts Connect Award
Months of hard work, improving our robot after each competition, working on perfecting design ideas, meeting with mentors, developing strong programming, and great teamwork and communications paid off at the FTC Florida State Championship yesterday, when Team Duct Tape earned the Connect Award, ranked 1st in the Qualification matches in a field [...]

Team Duct Tape members had a great time hosting a table during Inventors Weekend at the Renaissance Festival.   As with last year, we drew a good crowd, had fun informating about FIRST robotics, and enjoyed the food and entertainment.  The Bay Area Renaissance Festival remains one of the most successful and surprising far reaching of [...]

Our diverse group of team members are often active outside of their Team Duct Tape experience with a variety of projects and interests.  Two of our programmers carry their love of code into realms beyond robotics . Check out their websites at Chris’s Programs and Projects and Levitank 2D and see great young minds at work.
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 TDT members helped out at the first ever TEDx Tampa Bay event held at the Straz Performing Arts Center on Friday.   There were lots of great presentations.  The one by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, which he delivered via Skype after becoming trapped in Washington DC’s Snowmaggeden and unable to make the event in person, was very apropos.  He titled [...]

[ February 12, 2010; ] Team Duct Tape will be volunteering at the first ever TEDx Tampa Bay event this coming Friday.  TEDx is a local, self-organized version of the well known TED Talks program, bringing people together at a regional level to share  share ideas worth spreading. This is a great opportunity for TDT students to hear some leading thinkers from [...]

Below, TDT members enjoy a proud moment with Winning Alliance partners, team 3837, Force Applied. Force Applied was a force to be reckoned with and a great and gracious alliance partner.

Winning Alliance of TDT and Force Applied
TDT members really pulled together at the Middleton Last Shot event,  employing  great teamwork at all levels,  and making some [...]