{"id":798,"date":"2013-08-09T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T19:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=798"},"modified":"2013-08-09T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T19:10:27","slug":"if-you-want-more-engineers-give-your-children-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"If you want more #Engineers give your children this&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=798\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=798\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p>How many times do you hear &#8220;we can&#8217;t get enough Engineers&#8221; from Industry &amp; Academia. A recent visit to a Children&#8217;s History Museum made me realize how important &#8216;Meccano&#8217; was to <em>my<\/em> career in Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-799\" alt=\"Meccano\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Meccano.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I learned so much from this self assembly kit of parts &amp; fasteners. How to join parts together with nuts &amp; bolts, how gears work, the principle of levers, product design, worm gears, pulley systems, motors, drive systems, how to interpret instructions &amp; so much more.<\/p>\n<p>All this was fundamental to my understanding of basic engineering principles.<\/p>\n<p>If we want to encourage more young people into Engineering we should give them all a kit of Meccano before their 10th birthday &#8211; FREE &#8211; as part of the Schools budget.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:chris@projectsguru.co.uk\">chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\">www.projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/projectsguru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Follow projectsguru on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_bird_us-a.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/chrisrob9999\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View Chris Robinson's profile on LinkedIn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_viewmy_120x33.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Facebook Badge START --><a style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Projectsguru.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Projectsgurucouk\/179845275377478\" target=\"_TOP\">Projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Projectsguru.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Projectsgurucouk\/179845275377478\" target=\"_TOP\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/badge.facebook.com\/badge\/179845275377478.2524.1626262894.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Make your own badge!\" href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/advertising\" target=\"_TOP\">Promote your Page too<\/a><!-- Facebook Badge END --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\namazon_ad_tag=\"amberhassoci-21\";  amazon_ad_width=\"728\";  amazon_ad_height=\"90\";  amazon_color_background=\"EFEFCC\";  amazon_color_border=\"07178B\";  amazon_color_logo=\"FFFFFF\";  amazon_color_link=\"A43907\";  amazon_ad_logo=\"hide\";  amazon_ad_title=\"projectsguru store\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/s\/asw.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D798', 'If+you+want+more+%23Engineers+give+your+children+this%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B.')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do you hear &#8220;we can&#8217;t get enough Engineers&#8221; from Industry &amp; Academia. 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