* Norman D. Crow
Grandsons had a ball with stuff like this when I got them an electric hobby
kit from Radio Shack a few years back. Lots of neat learning stuff,
including simple motor similar to this.

The problem with such kits is that it is "bought magic" and impressive
as it may be, it does not make the kids wonder after the show. If you
just find a few items around the house and put them together, it may
very well make the kids feel that the workings of todays environment
is within their own grasp. (Or whatever it should be described.)

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Jon Haugsand
Dept. of Informatics, Univ. of Oslo, Norway,
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~jonhaug/, Phone: +47 22 85 24 92