Hi Steve
I'm still alive but at 74 with a detached unheated HV workshop, I've
slowed way down. I work every other week with 1st to 5th graders to
introduce them to science thinking despite the best efforts of the local
BOE. A lot of younger people get all their misinformation from Facebook and
YouTube and consider email archaic, along with theory and safety.
On Nov 20, 2018 10:00 AM, "Steve White" <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I first joined the TCML back around 2002,I used to receive about 20
messages per day from the TCML. Now, I am lucky if I see a single message
every few days. On occasion, I will see periodic bursts of postings in
response to specific questions from members. Have all the members moved on
to other interests or died? We need to determine a way to get new people
interested in this hobby. I fear that most of the potential younger members
are absorbed in computer-related things. There is nothing wrong with that.
I spent most of my engineering career developing real-time embedded DSP
software. We just need to discover a way to expand their interests into the
world of physical hardware, especially high voltage. I built my first tesla
coil, a small VTTC, when I was 16 and this is what got me interested in
electrical engineering as a career. I periodically display my coils to kids
in my neighborhood. I also plan to take my smaller coils around to schools
for demonstrations.
Thoughts?
Steve White
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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