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Don’t kid yourselves, some kids today are even more techy than we were. Today’s electric set is a RaspberryPi or an Arduino and the associated sensors and servos.

I interviewed 6 engineering coop students yesterday and it restored my faith in some of our youth......
I agree. I mentored a high school First Robotics team. I've seen kids learn solidworks, programming, etc in a few weeks, and come up with some amazing ideas for the robots.

My first computer was a heathkit, H-8. still have the chassis. Cost over $2000 at the time, and a $30 rasberryPi is far more powerful.

I built alot of heathkit computers, store used to pay me to assemble computers, test equipment, etc. also built a few TVs

Still have various test equipment, and a Hero robot.
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