Re: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc. (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:17:08 -0500
From: Drake Schutt <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc. (fwd)

Up until I was about 12 I never had cable TV.  We only had 5 channels
(sometimes) and I watched a lot of PBS.  Bill Nye the science guy was my
idol and made me realize how cool science is.  It's a shame he's off the air
now.  That being said my interest I learned about tesla while working on a
robotics team in 7th grade.  One of the leaders mentioned off hand that some
guy named Tesla tried to invent wireless electricity.  That was all he ever
said about him but it stuck with me.  I looked up tesla on the internet a
couple years later, and look where i am now! ^_^

back on topic
drake schutt

On 10/31/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:54:14 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
> From: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc. (fwd)
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> I had a great 7th and 8th grade science teacher but I was already very
> intersted in science.  I had a chemistry set with real chemicals.  I had a
> microscope too.  And I still have my electronic project set, one of those
> things where you have to clip the resistor and capacitor wires into spring
> devices.  The book has about 140 projects.  My 2 Sons had a lot of fun
> with the electronic project set when they were younger.  I still like to
> build projects with it sometimes.
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> >From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Oct 31, 2007 8:13 AM
> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc. (fwd)
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> >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:26:45 -0500
> >From: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>
> >To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc. (fwd)
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> >Hmmm  lets see,  a lack of interest, a fear of someone building
> >something that may hurt themsevles or someone else, cost to produce the
> >item ( imagine having to pay someone to sort thru the resistors, caps,
> >diodes  etc and put them into a bag for the kit)  and I suppose just
> >trying to find the "real" resistors instead of the micro-surface-mount
> >stuff. And besides, who wants to learn about electricity when you have
> >an X-Box 3000  ;)
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> >It is a shame that "Responsibility" has diminished the access to some
> >really great learning tools....   Gawd forbid they ever bring back the
> >"toy store" chemistry set from the 60's...  now that was an awesome
> >learning tool...  probably why I have such an interest in science and
> >associated fields.
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> >Scot D
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> >Tesla list wrote:
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> >>You mean no fun *Tesla Coil* kits?
> >>-- Chip
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> >>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:52:24 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
> >>From: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Subject: FUN Electronic Kits, EICO, Heathkit, Allied, etc.
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> >>Why is there no FUN electronic kits available any more?
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