On 30 Dec 2008 22:53:40 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

I don't think there is still any magazine which was at the level
of Everyday Electronics, although I must admit I haven't checked
the magazine shelves for many years now. Elektor was somewhat more
advanced, and not really beginner stuff.

I wonder if there's much interest in this area by today's youth?

Sadly I think not. Most of today's youth seem to expect any electronic
gadgetry to be prebuilt for them (probably by Far Eastern
manufacturers), and to have 'scores' displayed on an LCD screen.

Basic electronic skills such as soldering, measuring voltages and
currents etc are rarely nurtured or taught in schools nowadays, and
frankly most simpler projects such as crystal sets are becoming
obsolete in the wake of DAB and so on. It's so much easier too, to
pick up a mobile phone than build a pair of walkie-talkies...

However, your pedestrian crossing project sounds very interesting.
I've heard of all these different types of crossing, and used them,
but I still couldn't identify them by name - the only one I know by
name is the good old-fashioned zebra crossing :-)

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Frank Erskine