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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[as a dad, i think this is awesome!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[slamEVIL]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm not a dad, but if I was a kid, I would totally want one of these. Actually, I kind of want one now!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LauraJune]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had various build-your-own type construction kits as a child (including a camera, albeit a film one) and thorougly enjoyed them. I think they're a great way to get kids into engineering which, naturally, is the best discipline in the world.<br><br>The thing that bothered me about some of the kits of my childhood (and also this kit) is that you often didn't really know what was going on: all the clever stuff happens in a black plastic square and you never get to build that bit yourself. It sometimes feels a bit false to just screw a PCB into a plastic shell.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[j_g_puff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hope they make a Canon 7D kit! Imagine trying to put one of those together, or any DSLR for that matter.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[steakman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aha, that was my exact though when I saw this post. It's like Lego on engineering!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[watch some kid swallow one of the parts when its released and the whole thing gets recalled and sued into oblivion]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nirgilis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am a dad, but if I was a kid, I would totally want to swallow one of these parts.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Then set an age limit. 13+]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[But it's all sodded already!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or soldered.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I saw some google in your post]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Di3]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's really kinda cool - the IKEA approach to gadgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I took apart a disposable camera when I was a kid and was 'shocked' to learn what a capacitor was.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yea those flash discharge caps pack a punch!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raptor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[CLEAR!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[West Town]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 3:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nice toy]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MadSheep]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 1:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd be right there on the floor with the kid tinkering and fumbling :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[The only thing i can think of is that some kid is gonna short out one of the boards because they haven't grounded themselves and they've basically got a fudged camera before it's even built]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Really? That's all you can think of?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[A.C.E.R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 12th 2009 3:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cool!  Can someone say Heath Kit?  Nuts, did I just out my age?  Oh well.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lentiman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes...putting a circuit board into the case certainly demystifies how a digital camera works. But seriously, it's kind of a need camera, with the crank power and three lenses, it could be a fun little photographic toy to play around with.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ehisforadam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Demystifies? You won't get more about how camera works from soldering the PCB. You'll need to let 'em code all the firmware as well :) And that's where the devil is<br><br>I wish I had that kit in my childhood... It would get some custom long focus lens attached momentarily :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Everyone take note, this here is 'subtle' advertising]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SgtR]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um, why are they powering it with a puny wind-up dynamo when you need loads of electricity to see the pictures you take?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bjs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Because it doesn't have a screen, that way it's cheaper, and it introduces the kids to another interesting principle of science?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ehisforadam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 3:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[Something like this doesn't really "demystify" anything. Yes, it could be nice for a kid to assemble one of those kits, but it doesn't really teach anything about how it works. I'd say this gadget should be the final one in the series of some more basic constructions. Starting from the pinhole camera, with an explanation on how it works, then replacing the pinhole with a simple lens, then replacing a single lens with some simple zoom optics etc etc. The final, "bonus" step could be assembling one of those little gadgets mentioned above.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Boris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 2:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[I still shoot primarily film as a photographer. It's not just for grandma's :) Medium and large format film scanned through an Imacon drum scanner puts all digital cameras to shame.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared Janderwski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 12th 2009 4:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[The case design is reminiscent of the delightful Konica EU-Mini 35mm. I'd love one of these to fiddle with and take pictures on something I put together.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sonic the plumber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 4:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[byo everything]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nuts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 4:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[The kid in my likes this camera, <br>and the Adult in me likes the kid in me]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 7:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[It could be interesting to put some of these parts into a Holga.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[allenvanhellen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 8:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[..a kit to convert film cameras to digital would be a great idea...millions f old slr's are kicking around...should be room enough in the film canister wells for electronics and power...sensor mounted to a ribbon cable..and a bt shutter sync to the flash sync ... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[merlino37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2009 9:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Big Shot camera kit could help turn your kid on to the dark world of the teardown]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/bigshot-camera-kit-could-help-turn-your-kid-on-to-the-dark-world/</guid><description><![CDATA[How come the guy hawking his own website gets an Avatar, and no matter how many I upload they never work?<br><br>:-(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[herbaceous border patrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 12th 2009 8:07AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
