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Rumor has it…

That next season’s game is 99% complete!  Actually,it’s not a rumor if Ken Johnson says it –and he does,along with a few other insightful tidbits at the FTC blog . Check it out! Wonder if that broken TV has anything to do with anything? [...]

Dean Kamen:Science’s Vital Role In America’s Future

Dean Kamen with FIRST LEGO League students Dean Kamen writes,in the Huffington Post,“Two decades ago,I founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology),a program that encouraged students to pursue careers in science and technology through robotics competitions. At that time,not many people believed that we could [...] [...]

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 [...] [...]

Land O’Lakes Patch Visits TDT

Team Duct Tape enjoyed a visit from writer Suzanne Schmidt,of the Land O’Lakes Patch today.  Ms. Schmidt learned about TDT during a visit to Sun Lake High School a few weeks back,where she met one of our team members who invited her to learn more about our team and FIRST.  Chris Squared ( Chris [...] [...]

TechnoGuards STEMPosium Video

California’s FTC team Techno Guards put together this one minute video giving a general conceptual “commercial-like”view of FIRST,and FIRST’s role in STEM.  Says Techno Guards,“We are interested in presenting all of FIRST (not just the FTC part that we’re now involved in) at the STEMposium that is going to be held in San [...] [...]

Pope John XXIII HS Robotics Team Publishes “FTC Robotics Tips,Tricks,Strategies &Secrets”

Don’t know how we missed this one,but the Pope John XXIII Regional High School Robotics Team published a book last month –FTC Robotics Tips,Tricks,Strategies and Secrets . According to the Sparta Independent,“The book was written,illustrated and copy edited by the students themselves. It contains over 350 tips on how to compete in the [...] [...]

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.  [...] [...]