{"id":7895,"date":"2018-08-09T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/2yrsago-a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio-shack\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T21:49:22","slug":"2yrsago-a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio-shack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/2yrsago-a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio-shack\/","title":{"rendered":"#2yrsago A modern rebuild of the Radio Shack 150-in-One electronics kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com\/post\/176789081837\/2yrsago-a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio-shack\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">mostlysignssomeportents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/da9b6d5e56ad59f80fbf2dcbec4f3ef7\/tumblr_inline_pd3bafUZNh1rkw4x1_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/27f0b96ff40f7684abea5651a83bbed9\/tumblr_inline_pd3bafth6w1rkw4x1_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/dd2288bb165aeadc0745b5292b0f9638\/tumblr_inline_pd3bagtH2u1rkw4x1_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\nWhile looking into the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2d5XKaR\">Kano snap-together learning computer kit<\/a> (Kickstarted in <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/11\/21\/kano-small-computer-to-teac.html\">2013<\/a>, reviewed here <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2016\/01\/22\/kano-computer-kit-if-kids.html\">last January<\/a>)<br \/>\n I got to thinking about Radio Shack\u2019s classic, much-loved 150-in-One<br \/>\nElectronics Kit, which occupied literal years of my time when I was a<br \/>\nboy.<\/p>\n<p>That took me on a journey to <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2010\/01\/25\/piecing-together-a-vintage-radio-sh\/\">Gareth Branwyn\u2019s 2010 Make piece<\/a> about scratch-building a replica, a project that seems to have either ended early, or never reported in.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut then I found Elenco\u2019s highly rated <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cKvRmn\">200-in-One Electronic Project Lab<\/a>,<br \/>\n which uses the same spring-wire, no-solder connectors, and adds a<br \/>\nrack-mount chassis that lets your homebrew projects integrate with your<br \/>\nhome AV or networking gear.<\/p>\n<p>The reviews are everything you\u2019d hope for: people who remember the Radio<br \/>\n Shack 150-in-One enthusing about recreating the experience with this<br \/>\nkit; and parents and grandparents verifying that kids today find it just<br \/>\n as engrossing and exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are 200 projects in the kit, including \u201cBuild your own Radio, AM<br \/>\nBroadcast Station, Burglar Alarm, Electronic Game, Ohmmeter, Telegraph,<br \/>\nRain Detector and Sound effects tool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2db76hd\">200-in-One Electronic Project Lab<\/a> [Elenco]<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2016\/09\/19\/a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio.html\">https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2016\/09\/19\/a-modern-rebuild-of-the-radio.html<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mostlysignssomeportents: While looking into the Kano snap-together learning computer kit (Kickstarted in 2013, reviewed here last January) I got to thinking about Radio Shack\u2019s classic, much-loved 150-in-One Electronics Kit, which occupied literal years of my time when I was a boy. That took me on a journey to Gareth Branwyn\u2019s 2010 Make piece about scratch-building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[62,1537,2004,2056],"class_list":{"0":"post-7895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-critical-toys","8":"tag-teaching-tumblr","9":"tag-tumblr-exodus"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PWot-23l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52301,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895\/revisions\/52301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}