I remember when I was 7 years old in 1965, and built my first crystal radio in an old cigar box, that was lots of fun. I then asked Santa for this for Christmas:
I no longer have it, but I remember it was the best Christmas EVER up to that point! I later went on to building all sorts of electronic devices through the '70's, which peaked in 1978 when I built a robot controlled by a Kim-1 one board computer, which is the same processor used in the first Apple computers. I still have the robot and the Kim-1! I haven't powered it up in 30 years though. I was a little ahead of the game, as it's nothing to put together a robot today, and almost anybody can just go out and buy some sort of robot kit.
I no longer have it, but I remember it was the best Christmas EVER up to that point! I later went on to building all sorts of electronic devices through the '70's, which peaked in 1978 when I built a robot controlled by a Kim-1 one board computer, which is the same processor used in the first Apple computers. I still have the robot and the Kim-1! I haven't powered it up in 30 years though. I was a little ahead of the game, as it's nothing to put together a robot today, and almost anybody can just go out and buy some sort of robot kit.