On Friday, February 28, 2014 7:01:53 PM UTC-5, Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:42:38 -0800, thumper wrote:



On 2/26/2014 10:34 AM, KC wrote:

Know you guys remember "HeathKits"... This is the new version...





http://littlebits.cc/



Check it out...



Cool idea but expensive for the limited functions.



With HeathKit we learned to solder, read schematics, identify

components, and sometimes even ended up with a (semi) working guitar

amp, TV, ham radio, or oscilloscope.



Kinda neat, but I agree..... tons of "concepts," but no real

understanding behind the glitz.

Those are more like the new, flashy version of those old Radio Shack project boxes. You know, the ones that had a variety of components mounted on a board with their terminals being little springs, and a handful of wires. You would stick the wires into the springs to interconnect the different components to build different working circuits.

Like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/261394779829?lpid=82