As contributions continue to come in to Team Duct Tape,towards our World Championship expenses,we’re humbled and grateful for the continuing support of great community businesses like Franklin Jewelers,small businesses with big hearts and a generous spirit of community giving. It’s not easy to run a small business in today’s economy,so when [...] [...]
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[ February 22,2012;] [caption id="attachment_3176" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="TDT at 2010 Lockheed Martin Eweek"][/caption] We’re heading to Orlando tomorrow,to join in Lockheed-Martin Global Training and Logistics E-Week celebration. There’s going to be a big complement of FTC teams there,including all three World Championship bound teams. We’re looking forward to a great day with Lockheed Martin engineers,sharing [...] [...] Connect Award Winners &Inspire Award Runner Up! It was –quite literally! –a day of highs and lows. High flying scissor lifts that brought in a new world record score of 584 and one of our team members,Ethan L.,winning a coveted Embry-Riddle Scholarship,worth $20,000, and the lows of a tough game [...] [...] [ February 18,2012;] [caption id="attachment_3152" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Stop and smell the duct tape roses!"][/caption] TDT members had a busy Saturday meeting finalizing plans for the Florida FTC State Championship Feb. 18. It was totally an all-hands meeting,with everyone working on everything from drive practice with help from FTC team 5210,Mission imPossible,to tweaking mechanics and programs,[...] [...] Videographer Ryder is at it again with some great footage from our visit with mentor Paul Markun at Tampa Technik,and our day at the Seminole event a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy! [...] 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 [...] [...] Team Duct Tape member,Adi,went pretty much nonstop all day at the Jr. FLL Snack Attack Expo at MOSI last Sunday. The place was jam packed with teams of very young and very remarkable Jr. FLLers showcasing their 2012 Snack Attack projects,as well as their families,friends and supporters and visiting MOSI [...] [...] [ January 8,2012;] We’re heading over to Florida’s first Jr. FLL Expo at MOSI on Sunday to join in celebrating FIRSTs littlest folks’achievements in this year’s Snack Attack challenge. Focused on building an interest in science and engineering in children ages 6-9, Jr. FIRST LEGO League,like FLL for older elementary and middle school aged children, features a [...] [...] |  Our coffers are drained from our World Championship run. Your contributions will help us cover 2012-13 costs for registration,new tools and equipment,and tournament costs. All donations made through Learning is for Everyone are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please type "Team Duct Tape" in the comment section of your Network for Good donation. Thank you!  Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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