low resolution photography by davin risk

150 in ONE

Photos taken with an Olympus D-460

I’ve had one of these Radio Shack “Science Fair 150 in ONE Electronic Project Kits” on and off since I was a pre-teen.

As a kid I made many fun gizmos with it: radio receiver, listening device, various enthalling logic gates. The odd thing was that when I got to high school, I was only mediocre at electronics and did better at programming in BASIC. Yes, it was the early 80’s…

In university a bought the “150 in ONE” again and used it to create a variety of electro-noise makers. One of the setups I dubbed the “Annoy-o-tron”; it generated a single tone pitch controlled by the 0-10 “CONTROL” dial and rapidly toggled on/off by running things through the light sensitive “CdS CELL”. Hours of noisy fun!

Someone somewhere in Guelph was (un)fortunate enough to hear the “Annoy-o-Tron” used on the radio (CFRU) on a number of occasions. I apologize to that one person who might have been listening.

Do you have a manual for the RS 150 in one radio shack electronics kit any more?

I might… I’ll have to check.

I like these photographic montages.

I came across one of these at a Yard sale
in good shape, but it had no manual.
could you please email me with info on
how I could find one?
Thanks in advance