Hello dear HacMen 
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam
(Manchester Girl Geeks)
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form when I
was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed to bits to
pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.comwrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam
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cups and a string is classic, and still works!On 4 February 2011 14:20, Sam samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.com wrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
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Yeah we were thinking radio receiver, that’d be excellent. Do you
reckon we should get full kits, or is there a way or reusing stuff?
(Eeeh… I only do theoretical computer science, completely hopeless
when it comes to techie stuff :)On Feb 4, 2:35 pm, Darren Burrows darren.burr...@gmail.com wrote:
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form when I
was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed to bits to
pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.comwrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
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:DOn Feb 4, 2:44 pm, Bob Clough para...@ivixor.net wrote:
cups and a string is classic, and still works!
On 4 February 2011 14:20, Sam samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
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If you’re comfortable with people soldering, these radio kits cost £8 for 5
https://www.rapidonline.com/productinfo.aspx?mode=p&tier1=Educational+Products&tier2=Electronics&tier3=Curriculum+Based+Projects&tier4=AM+radio+project&moduleno=35911On 4 February 2011 15:05, Sam samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.com wrote:
Yeah we were thinking radio receiver, that’d be excellent. Do you
reckon we should get full kits, or is there a way or reusing stuff?
(Eeeh… I only do theoretical computer science, completely hopeless
when it comes to techie stuff
On Feb 4, 2:35 pm, Darren Burrows darren.burr...@gmail.com wrote:
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form when I
was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed to bits
to
pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.comwrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
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sorry, £10.20 for 5, you need to buy the kits and the pcbsOn 4 February 2011 15:12, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:
If you’re comfortable with people soldering, these radio kits cost £8 for
5
https://www.rapidonline.com/productinfo.aspx?mode=p&tier1=Educational+Products&tier2=Electronics&tier3=Curriculum+Based+Projects&tier4=AM+radio+project&moduleno=35911
On 4 February 2011 15:05, Sam samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.comwrote:
Yeah we were thinking radio receiver, that’d be excellent. Do you
reckon we should get full kits, or is there a way or reusing stuff?
(Eeeh… I only do theoretical computer science, completely hopeless
when it comes to techie stuff
On Feb 4, 2:35 pm, Darren Burrows darren.burr...@gmail.com wrote:
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form when
I
was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed to bits
to
pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.comwrote:
Hello dear HacMen
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We’re considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they’re all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year’s S&E week is ‘communication’ and we would
like to fit in with that. So… I’m here to pick your brains Can
you think of anything that’s fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that’s somehow related to ‘communication’?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
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I got one of these for my ten year old nephew at Christmas:
http://www.rapidonline.com/Educational-Products/Electronics/Electronic-Project-Kits/AM-Pocket-transistor-radio/28388
He had no problem putting it together
Also have a look at:
http://www.bowood-electronics.co.uk/product_info.php/am-radio-project-practical-wireless-magazine-p-1051
I chatted to the owner at last years National Hamfest and he said that
he did a brisk buissness in the kit when scouts etc. do there
communication badges
Another idea could be to use some light emitting diodes to communicate
over a short distance. With this you could sneak some maths into the day
when showing them the theory behind it.
MichaelOn 04/02/11 14:35, Darren Burrows wrote:
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form
when I was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed
to bits to pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam <samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.com mailto:samantha.patricia.bail@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello dear HacMen :)
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We're considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they're all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year's S&E week is 'communication' and we would
like to fit in with that. So... I'm here to pick your brains :) Can
you think of anything that's fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that's somehow related to 'communication'?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam
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Ace, thanks for the links to both of you.
How long did it take your nephew to build the radio? We’ve got about 2
hours…
Yep, light emitting diodes was the other thing we were thinking of -
but again, I’m clueless about what exactly we can do there.
Thanks for your help everyone!On Feb 4, 3:14 pm, Michael Rimicans h...@bigmassiveheed.co.uk wrote:
I got one of these for my ten year old nephew at Christmas:
http://www.rapidonline.com/Educational-Products/Electronics/Electroni…
He had no problem putting it together
Also have a look at:
http://www.bowood-electronics.co.uk/product_info.php/am-radio-project…
I chatted to the owner at last years National Hamfest and he said that
he did a brisk buissness in the kit when scouts etc. do there
communication badges
Another idea could be to use some light emitting diodes to communicate
over a short distance. With this you could sneak some maths into the day
when showing them the theory behind it.
Michael
On 04/02/11 14:35, Darren Burrows wrote:
How about a radio receiver? I remember being given one in kit form
when I was 7 or 8 and working on it with my older brother. Was chuffed
to bits to pick up radio channels on it within minutes of finishing…
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam <samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.com mailto:samantha.patricia.b...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello dear HacMen :)
First of all, big thanks for helping the girl geeks out with your
robot skills last year, we had 2 very successful events where we built
brushbots, and the youngest attendee was only 5! We're considering
running another workshop at MMU during the British Engineering and
Science Week (March) and they're all keen to build something again.
The topic for this year's S&E week is 'communication' and we would
like to fit in with that. So... I'm here to pick your brains :) Can
you think of anything that's fairly easy and cheapish to build (kids
will be 11-14 years old) that's somehow related to 'communication'?
Any suggestions/links would be massively appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam
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Maplin have lots of small projects - I’m not suggesting you buy from
there as they tend to be expensive, but it might give you some ideas to
type into ebay
http://www.maplin.co.uk/search?criteria=project
Alan Burlison
MUTR (http://www.mutr.co.uk/index.php?cPath=16_153) sell some small
electronics kits. Some of the kits Maplin sell comes from there. They have a
few radio kits, and an infrared remote control kit if you want to do
something more advanced.
For something really simple how about a wired morse code telegraph?
Maybe with the wired telegraph, you could invite one of the Manchester (and
district) Amateur Radio Societies (there’s a list at
http://www.rsgb.org/local/clubinfo/clubs.php?id=3&end=4) to the event, they
might be able to teach up to 5 WPM morse to attendees, and maybe bring some
of the training devices and some of the available transceiver kit to show
what you can do with Morse and more.
Jon “The Nice Guy” SpriggsOn 4 February 2011 16:37, Jim MacArthur jim@mode7.co.uk wrote:
MUTR (http://www.mutr.co.uk/index.php?cPath=16_153) sell some small
electronics kits. Some of the kits Maplin sell comes from there. They have a
few radio kits, and an infrared remote control kit if you want to do
something more advanced.
For something really simple how about a wired morse code telegraph?
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And also bring some foundation licence books with them as well
73’s
Michael M3YNVOn 04/02/11 22:12, Jon Spriggs wrote:
Maybe with the wired telegraph, you could invite one of the Manchester
(and district) Amateur Radio Societies (there’s a list at
http://www.rsgb.org/local/clubinfo/clubs.php?id=3&end=4
http://www.rsgb.org/local/clubinfo/clubs.php?id=3&end=4) to the
event, they might be able to teach up to 5 WPM morse to attendees, and
maybe bring some of the training devices and some of the available
transceiver kit to show what you can do with Morse and more.
Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs
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If it wasn’t for the timing of the event, and a lack of scheduling abilities
for wives giving birth, I’d bring my 2M/70CM radio along with me.
Oh well. Maybe next year.
73s
Jon “G7VRI” SpriggsOn 4 February 2011 22:21, Michael Rimicans heed@bigmassiveheed.co.ukwrote:
And also bring some foundation licence books with them as well
73’s
Michael M3YNV
On 04/02/11 22:12, Jon Spriggs wrote:
Maybe with the wired telegraph, you could invite one of the Manchester (and
district) Amateur Radio Societies (there’s a list at
http://www.rsgb.org/local/clubinfo/clubs.php?id=3&end=4) to the event,
they might be able to teach up to 5 WPM morse to attendees, and maybe bring
some of the training devices and some of the available transceiver kit to
show what you can do with Morse and more.
Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs
On 4 February 2011 16:37, Jim MacArthur jim@mode7.co.uk wrote:
MUTR (http://www.mutr.co.uk/index.php?cPath=16_153) sell some small
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Just my ten pence
What about morse code senders and receivers. You could make an arduino
based decoder and an LED and sound buzzer to send morse messages. Circuits
aren’t too complicated and you could get it done within a couple of hours.
AlexOn Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Jon Spriggs jon@sprig.gs wrote:
If it wasn’t for the timing of the event, and a lack of scheduling
abilities for wives giving birth, I’d bring my 2M/70CM radio along with me.
Oh well. Maybe next year.
73s
Jon “G7VRI” Spriggs
On 4 February 2011 22:21, Michael Rimicans heed@bigmassiveheed.co.ukwrote:
And also bring some foundation licence books with them as well
73’s
Michael M3YNV
On 04/02/11 22:12, Jon Spriggs wrote:
Maybe with the wired telegraph, you could invite one of the Manchester
(and district) Amateur Radio Societies (there’s a list at
http://www.rsgb.org/local/clubinfo/clubs.php?id=3&end=4) to the event,
they might be able to teach up to 5 WPM morse to attendees, and maybe bring
some of the training devices and some of the available transceiver kit to
show what you can do with Morse and more.
Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs
On 4 February 2011 16:37, Jim MacArthur jim@mode7.co.uk wrote:
MUTR (http://www.mutr.co.uk/index.php?cPath=16_153) sell some small
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Oooh I like the idea of a morse code telegraph - I wish I had done
something like that when I was a child! Thanks for all the suggestions
guys, really appreciate the input!
So it looks like we’re going to build a morse code telegraph - really
excited about it. Thanks for your help guys!
