[sdiy] Death of DIY?

[Joris]

jbv:

> But these days, here in France, there are at least 5 different
monthly
> mags about electronics featuring dozens of DIY projects (yes,
> about 60 to 75% of them are built around some uC but anyway),
> when there were only 2 or 3 (and of much lower quality in the early
80's)...
> And the DIY fever seems to extend to robotics with 2 new mags...
> I guess there must be an audience somewhere...

I like what the BBC are doing with Robotwars and Technogames:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/robots/
making robotics glamorous...

I participated in the Dutch Robotwars together with my housemate and I
was amazed how much the schoolkids in the audience were into it.

Some pics of our robot Hammerhead (RIP):
http://www.vdberg.org/~richie/hh/

Joris