Many thanks to the the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for their generous support of Team Duct Tape. Suncoast SME is a long time benefactor of both TDT and Middleton Robotics at Middleton High School, not just financially, but by including us in their meetings and tours, and encouraging us to [...] [...]
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Since FIRST Tech Challenge broadened the list of possible materials last season, making 3D printed parts allowable, we thought it would be fun to build our own 3D printer as a summer project. When we toured the Backyard Workshop last year, and again at Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire in March, we really enjoyed seeing [...] [...] Recently, Team Duct Tape members joined in an Open House at 8th Light, Inc. ,a Chicago and Tampa based Agile software development company that we met at coolTech. 8th Light specializes in a variety of programming languages for developing “beautiful applications” for web, mobile, and embedded projects, and more to our purposes, 8th Light deeply believes [...] [...] One of our more entertaining projects this spring has been the 2013 Red Bull Creation challenge, in which some of our team members and mentors took part. A collaborative project of our sponsor, Learning is for Everyone, the Red Bull Creation build provides yet another avenue of creative learning for people of all ages. This year’s [...] [...] [ April 14, 2013; ] [caption id="attachment_3799" align="alignleft" width="300"] A little driving guidance at Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire 2013[/caption] It’s been a busy spring so far! Fresh off the State Championship in early March, we’ve been able to keep Sheldon the Robot running all month, first at the Orlando Regional, then at the coolTECH business expo, and at the Tampa [...] [...] [ March 23, 2013; ] We’re excited about this weekend’s outreach event, the 2nd annual Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, organized by our parent sponsor, Learning is for Everyone (LI4E) and being held at the Florida Concourse, on March 23, from 10am-6pm. There’s an awesome slate of “Makers” participating, including a tiny satellite maker, artists, musicians, jewelry makers, inventors, ham [...] [...] [ March 14, 2013; ] [caption id="attachment_3785" align="alignleft" width="300"] TDT @ CoolTech 2012[/caption] The Tampa Bay Business Journal and the Tampa Bay Technology Forum are partnering for the 2013 BizTech/CoolTECH Awards and Expo, recognizing innovative technology companies in the Bay Area. And once again, with great thanks to the event organizers, Team Duct Tape will be there, participating for our 4th [...] [...] [ March 9, 2013; ] [caption id="attachment_3779" align="alignleft" width="300"] TDT mentor Chris Willingham finds his dopleganger on FRC team 4769![/caption] TDT sponsor Learning is for Everyone has been helping sponsor a rookie FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team this year, #4769, the Electrodes, based at Dixie Hollins High School in St. Petersburg. Programming and CAD mentor, Chris Willingham, has been splitting [...] [...] |
  
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