Thanks to @nblr and also @fr3d I'm now deep in nostalgia about the kits by Kosmos I had as a child.
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Thanks to @nblr and also @fr3d I'm now deep in nostalgia about the kits by Kosmos I had as a child.
It all started with the "Elektro & co" I got for Christmas when I was ~6. I remember that my mom had to help me read the instructions, and my dad helped me build a coil gun and shoot a dent into our kitchen bin ^^ Good memories!
Then came the "electro E 2000". One afternoon I built a foam cutter with it and cut every bit of styrofoam I could find in the house ^^
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Most of my adventures probably were done with the "electronic X1000" kit and its addons. I had the X1000, X1500 and X2500.
The most important memory for me with those is building a metal detector and then realising that I could hear radio on its sensor output when I held the detector write close to the radiator. It was the US military's station in AM, which means everything was in english and I didn't understand a word (yet), but I was incredibly amazed!
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After I got chemistry lessons at school I also got interested in that, so for Christmas I also got a C2000 kit!
I have to say that this didn't fully work for me sadly - I always was scared to do the experiments and do something wrong and then have no materials left over, as they got used up quickly... Not an issue with the electronic kits for sure!
Great memory was my dad showing me what happens if you put a ball of aluminum foil into HCl in a plastic cup on a block of ice ^^ 3/
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After I got chemistry lessons at school I also got interested in that, so for Christmas I also got a C2000 kit!
I have to say that this didn't fully work for me sadly - I always was scared to do the experiments and do something wrong and then have no materials left over, as they got used up quickly... Not an issue with the electronic kits for sure!
Great memory was my dad showing me what happens if you put a ball of aluminum foil into HCl in a plastic cup on a block of ice ^^ 3/
Very exothermic reaction that led to a big hole in the ice block 😬
I'm very fond of all of these memories, and I'm extremely glad that my parents got me these precious gifts as a kid. And I try to tell them that as often as I remember (and will do so again right away).
All of this certainly helped me turn into the nerd I am today ^^
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Thanks to @nblr and also @fr3d I'm now deep in nostalgia about the kits by Kosmos I had as a child.
It all started with the "Elektro & co" I got for Christmas when I was ~6. I remember that my mom had to help me read the instructions, and my dad helped me build a coil gun and shoot a dent into our kitchen bin ^^ Good memories!
Then came the "electro E 2000". One afternoon I built a foam cutter with it and cut every bit of styrofoam I could find in the house ^^
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@foosel @fr3d I had the XN1000 when I was a child and after years of begging got upgraded to the much cooler XN3000 - it laid the solid foundation for me half understanding how electronic circuits work. Every kid who shows even the faintest interest in electronics should be given one, imho. If you happen to be the aunt or uncle who has to, and can afford the gift? Do it :-)
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Thanks to @nblr and also @fr3d I'm now deep in nostalgia about the kits by Kosmos I had as a child.
It all started with the "Elektro & co" I got for Christmas when I was ~6. I remember that my mom had to help me read the instructions, and my dad helped me build a coil gun and shoot a dent into our kitchen bin ^^ Good memories!
Then came the "electro E 2000". One afternoon I built a foam cutter with it and cut every bit of styrofoam I could find in the house ^^
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Very exothermic reaction that led to a big hole in the ice block 😬
I'm very fond of all of these memories, and I'm extremely glad that my parents got me these precious gifts as a kid. And I try to tell them that as often as I remember (and will do so again right away).
All of this certainly helped me turn into the nerd I am today ^^
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@foosel Oooh! Slightly envious here. 😍 Never had the chemistry kit - my parents were too afraid I’s set the house on fire with it or dissolved my limbs in acid or whatnot - probably somewhat warranted 😀
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@foosel Oooh! Slightly envious here. 😍 Never had the chemistry kit - my parents were too afraid I’s set the house on fire with it or dissolved my limbs in acid or whatnot - probably somewhat warranted 😀
@nblr I grew up in a household where I regularly had to wash my hands somewhere else than in the bathroom because the sink was occupied by a partially coated copper plate soaking in a plastic cup full of HCl and H2O2 to be turned into a PCB.
And my dad studied chemistry and loves making shit go boom.
So... when I showed interest in that stuff, THAT argument would really not have worked XD
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@foosel @fr3d I had the XN1000 when I was a child and after years of begging got upgraded to the much cooler XN3000 - it laid the solid foundation for me half understanding how electronic circuits work. Every kid who shows even the faintest interest in electronics should be given one, imho. If you happen to be the aunt or uncle who has to, and can afford the gift? Do it :-)
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@foosel @fr3d I had the XN1000 when I was a child and after years of begging got upgraded to the much cooler XN3000 - it laid the solid foundation for me half understanding how electronic circuits work. Every kid who shows even the faintest interest in electronics should be given one, imho. If you happen to be the aunt or uncle who has to, and can afford the gift? Do it :-)
@nblr I think I had some electronics stuff (the GDR version), something like https://www.ddr-museum.de/en/objects/1015990 but I don't think it was a complete set.
(And while thinking back, I think I might also have had at least access to https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/objects/1014959 )
But: My main memories and initial knowledge comes from reading books from my father's bookcase: https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/Klaus-Schlenzig+Elektronikbasteln-im-Wohnbereich/id/A02JHTpG01ZZz
(and another one that was similar, I think maybe https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/Klaus-Stammler-Schlenzig+Elektronik-f%C3%BCr-Wohnen-und-Spiel-von-Klaus-Schlenzig-und-Wolfgang-Stammler/id/A02mRl8z01ZZm ) -
Thanks to @nblr and also @fr3d I'm now deep in nostalgia about the kits by Kosmos I had as a child.
It all started with the "Elektro & co" I got for Christmas when I was ~6. I remember that my mom had to help me read the instructions, and my dad helped me build a coil gun and shoot a dent into our kitchen bin ^^ Good memories!
Then came the "electro E 2000". One afternoon I built a foam cutter with it and cut every bit of styrofoam I could find in the house ^^
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@foosel @fr3d I had the XN1000 when I was a child and after years of begging got upgraded to the much cooler XN3000 - it laid the solid foundation for me half understanding how electronic circuits work. Every kid who shows even the faintest interest in electronics should be given one, imho. If you happen to be the aunt or uncle who has to, and can afford the gift? Do it :-)
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