It's interesting that this is the same discussion the ham radio community has been having for years now, as we've seen the kids that used to become hams diverted to computer-based activities.
While I don't personally have a great talent for bringing youngsters in, I'm happy that organizations like TAPR are bringing the two fields together and providing a reason for computer-oriented students to look into ham radio. And, GnuRadio is an even better opportunity for cross-fertilization. John ---- Hal Murray wrote: >>I can't see too many children being able to build circuits the way I >>used to, since it will be very difficult/impossible to solder >>components together. That must have a knock-on effect later in life, >>since nobody would have taken much interst in electronics as a child, >>since they were unable to make anything. > > > I'll bet kids can find other neat things to do. The world is different not > better/worse. > > I didn't write any software when I was a kid. Assembling a robot and > programming it seems like it would be fun. > > > >>Perhaps circuits published in magazines will need to use power >>transistors, just so they are of a size that is practical to construct >> without specialist tools and skill. Perhaps children of the future >>will have to build your own 741 out of a bunch of 2N3055's. > > > I don't have any troubles getting transistors in TO-92 packages. > > I think the emphasis will change from building X from scratch to building > what it takes to interface something to sensors and control gizmos. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
