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TDT Wins Rockwell Collins Innovate Award!

Team Duct Tape took home the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award at the Seminole High School Techtacular qualifying competition last Saturday.  The award recognizes teams whose  ”designs come to life”and have creative solutions to the game challenges ,an elegant design and a robost robot. We had all of that,but couldn’t quite get [...] [...]

And So it Begins!

FTCs new season kicks off in September,but Team Duct Tape’s season seems to begin earlier each year! Team members met yesterday for the first of some Getting to Know Robot C programming meetings,to give students interested in better understanding programming some hands on opportunities. We also got the chance to meet a potential  new [...] [...]

Check out FLL Brick Buddies Great “FLL Rules”Video!

FLL team Brick Buddies,which is heading to the FL FLL State Championship this weekend,just created this great FLL Rules video! Look closely and you’ll catch some glimpses of FLL Team TechnoForce,too.   Great job,Brick Buddies! And good luck at the State Championship,from Team Duct Tape! [...]

TDT Enjoys some FLL Time

Team Duct Tape members headed over to the Hillsborough High School Regional FIRST LEGO League Tournament Saturday morning,to cheer on FLL Teams Brick Buddies and TechnoForce ,  whom we’ve worked with and mentored.   It was fun seeing all that raw FLL energy,and we had to head back to TDT HQ all too soon for [...] [...]

Congratulations to FLL Teams Brick Buddies and TechnoForce!

Brick Buddies giving their public project presentation TechnoForce members sharing their research project Team Duct Tape is delighted to report that both of the FLL teams we’ve helped mentor -  Brick Buddies and TechnoForce –did great at their first competitions,held the same weekend as Middleton Madness,and are both proceeding to the Regionals in February.  [...] [...]

FLL Brick Buddies Student Makes News with LEGO Skills

TDT members with FLL team members John David,front left,and Patrick. TDT is proud to share news of FLL Brick Buddies team member,John David Kappeler,who made the news this weekend (Pasco Boy is a Master at Building with LEGOS)  when he was invited to the most recent space shuttle Discovery launch (now set [...] [...]

Great TRAK Visit

Team Duct Tape members enjoyed a terrific day at TRAK Microwave in Tampa,on Tuesday.  After sharing some background and information about FIRST and FTC,team members shared their Team Duct Tape knowledge and experiences with an impressive crowd of TRAK employees who turned out for a morning of robotics and lunch with Team Duct [...] [...]

Team Duct Tape visiting TRAK Microwave

[ June 15,2010;10:00 am;] TRAK Microwave was one of Team Duct Tape’s biggest sponsor’s last season,contributing generously to our FIRST World Championship journey,as well as providing mentoring guidance during some of our meetings.  On Tuesday,TDT members are bringing FTC to TRAK,  to give a presentation about FIRST Tech Challenge and demo the Hot Shot! game for [...] [...]