TEAM DUCT TAPE

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

 TDT receives e-newsletters and updates from several of the great organizations that help provide mentoring and sponsorship support to our FIRST Tech Challenge team.  The Florida West Coast Section of  IEEE is among one of the most active in community outreach, and members are involved in a number of  community programs. 
One of them is the Computer Mentors [...]

Working as One

Super Cart for the Super Cube

TDT mentor and engineering guru, Paul Markun, of Tampa Technik, is making a gift of a customized pit cart to Team Duct  Tape, for those long hauls between the pit and the competition field at the Georgia Dome, and TDT members went over today for some equipment fitting and [...]

TDT members with Sunlake Media Specialist, Melodie Oleson
Team Duct Tape members had a fun and busy day yesterday, spending a couple of hours at Sunlake High School in Land O’ Lakes, where they introduced a couple of dozen students there to FIRST robotics, most for the first time. A number of students tried their [...]

TDT enjoyed having some guests at this past Saturday’s meeting - mentors and supporters who wanted to see our robot’s progress and meet team members.  At times, it was probably about as exciting as watching paint dry.  Who doesn’t love watching a programmer at work?  But we applaud our guests’ genuine interest in the team’s [...]

SME member shares insights
TDT members had a wonderful time touring Electro Mechanical Solutions (EMS) with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Thursday night.  Not only was the manufacturing plant a model, state of the art facility, it was also a model of Gracious Professionalism, with employees who on hand after hours during the evening tour to [...]

A recent tweet on iRobotSPARK led to a thoughtful student take on STEM Ed on Ty Romeo’s Weblog, in response to a TechCrunch article on the Tech Education Debate. Whew! All those people thinking some powerful thoughts!
In the TechCrunch piece, former INTEL Chairman and CEO Craig Barrett observes, ” If the US is really serious about competing [...]

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TDT members are heading out to visit our friendand mentor, Paul Markun, at Tampa Technik today. He’s donating some materials to the team, looking over the current robot design with us, and we’ll be looking at some design ideas for a new cart.  [...]