The numbers are in! Crushing Techno Tigers Donate to MS Society

Well, the final numbers are in and the Crushing Techno Tigers are responsible for raising $285 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.  The team walked in the Walk MS event earlier this year in Troy MI.

The team showed up on a cool windy morning and walked the route a nice size crowd!  We all wore our CTT shirts and got a nice response as we did our team "HOO-HAH" cheer :)

This is a great group of kids and giving back to in this way shows their heart & spirit.

Congratulations team!


P.S. It should be noted that we had a few 'Hippies'
join us too!  ;)

Robots, projects & teamwork!

I am really proud of these amazing kids. Great work last night & more showed up tonight @ CTT HQ to continue the effort. Our season is starting to really progress in all areas.

In what I consider to be the most challenging robot course to date we are on the cusp of pulling in a good amount of points. What a productive two nights!


Great kids, amazing team, impressive results.

- Coach Daddio

Tournament prep!

So much to do and so little time to do it!

Today a few of the CTT members came over to play LEGO's with me :)

Made some progress on the robot and some things are starting to come together.  However there a long way to go before tournament day.

Looking forward to tomorrow's meeting :)

More Friends :)

Want to give a big shout out to our new FLL friends.

• BRICKSofBedford (Nova Scotia, Canada) - Team 6744

Good luck this season!

Signed...   The entire Crushing Techno Tigers team!

Teamwork Challenges !!!

To get ready for the upcoming tournament season we are engaging in various 'teamwork' activities.  It has been a while since we had one and at this meeting the team quickly demonstrated to me why we had such a great first season.  To coin a known FLL phrase...   "We are a TEAM" :)


While there is certainly things we can and should improve upon, the kids did a wonderful job handling the 'monkey wrenches' i threw at them.

I am really lucky to be working with these kids!

THEY are teaching ME a lot!

Project Progress

Well, all the research is starting to make a difference.

We have a topic, researched it a lot, have a possible innovative solution and an interview set up to discuss it :)

The kids are feeling more confident as we move along :)

Dhruv on the rules!

Even though it is a new season we are going back to one of our favorite meeting segments...

Yep, you guessed it...  "Dhruv on the rules"

We'd be lost without this segment!

Hey out there....

Want to give a big shout out to some of our FLL friends. Some by team name others by team number :)

• Robo Hippies (Troy, MI) - Team 466
• Bearded Dragons (Commerce, MI)
• SnackTech (Philadelphia, PA) - Team 4453
• Funky Foodies (Philadelphia, PA) - Team 4455

Good luck this season we look forward to hearing about all your successes!

Signed...   The entire Crushing Techno Tigers team!

The kids were hard at work last night and made a lot of progress on the project and robot missions!

Here the kids are doing a bit of research on the missions.

Food Factor Is Here!

We had a blast at our release party celebration!

The board looks challenging & fun. The project seems really interesting and the kids are off checking out their kitchens, refrigerators and pantries :)

Good Luck to everyone this season!

Food Factor challenge release is almost here!!

So, the release is in a few short days and the Crushing Techno Tigers are EXCITED!

We have our release party all set and can't wait to discover what the full challenge contains. I'm not sure what the kids are more excited about the robot or the project :)

Welcome home Bob-E-Bob!!

On behalf of the Crushing Techno Tigers...

WELCOME HOME Bob-E-Bob!

We are so happy you are home!

New Team Number!

Well, this is no longer our rookie season. This means that we must move forward and shed last year's team number, even though we were quite attached to 2562, we are ready to embrace, enjoy and shout this year's team number...

Drum roll please...

...are ya ready?

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Food Factor season is here!!

Our 'special package' arrived!!

Last night we gathered, talked, laughed and kicked the 2011 Food Factor season into gear. We opened that box, unrolled the mat and assembled this year's course in record time.

Now we are ready to pick up right were this smart and talented left off last season.


- Coach Daddio