Tap, tap ... these gadgets are crazy!

Once upon a time there was an 11-year-old boy in a city who was good at computers, but not in the way you might think. He could use parts of discarded computers to make useful things like a dynamo to light a bulb or conduct other experiments.

Sounds strange in this day and age, because children in general no longer use their imagination to get around a problem or to try their hand at something useful.

So what? These are modern times, rather postmodern times, and children can't be expected to fiddle with scraps when everything is so easily available.