TEAM DUCT TAPE

From Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy blog:
PITTSBURGH—A new four-year, $7 million educational initiative by Carnegie Mellon University will leverage students’ innate interest in robots and other forms of “hard fun” to increase U.S. enrollments in computer science and steer more young people into scientific and technological careers.
The initiative, called Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE), is [...]

Way to go Dr. Dan and Umbrella Guy! You’ll catch a couple of glimpses of Team Duct Tape, too.

Taking robotic competitions to the next level, teams of Aldebaran robots (like the one we met at the FIRST World Championship in Atlanta in April), competed in a soccer match at the Robot World Cup in Singapore.
From The Engineer:
500 teams from over 40 countries took part in Robocup 2010, in a variety of tournaments ranging from [...]

Two great summer science contests from the USA Science and Engineering Festival:
Kavli Science Video Contest challenges K-12 students to tell us “Why Science is Cool”
The Kavli Foundation, which awards one of the most prestigious science awards in the world (similar to the Nobel Prize), is challenging student journalists to enter the USA Science & Engineering [...]

Team Duct Tape has room for four new students this fall. Our community based team is comprised of public, private and homeschooled high school students, ages 14-18, from the Odessa (Pasco/NW Hillsborough) area.    We’re kicking off our third season in August, and invite interested students to check out our website and consider applying to be a team [...]

[ May 10, 2010; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] TDT will be on hand to demo our robot and give families at the nearby Trinity Homeschool Center Open House a first hand look at FIRST Tech Challenge on Monday.  The homeschool group is interested in exploring ways to provide more STEM education to their member families, and feels FTC might provide the opportunities they’re seeking [...]

Check out the new 2010 FTC Season Kit of Parts options at the U.S. FIRST FTC website.  Veteran teams have a couple of more cost-effective choices this year, including a $70 Software Renewal kit that includes the new Samantha wifi module, or a $200 Resource Kit that includes the software license renewals, as well as some [...]

Check out this great story on FTC Team Smoke & Mirrors on ABC Action News : http://bit.ly/cfGUNQ  
Congrats again, Smoke & Mirrors!