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does anyone know of any electronic hobbies or projects that a 14 year old can do?

im looking for something cheap as well as entertaing like computer building but that is quite costly.

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1. Puzzles, about $3.00 at department stores everywhere. All subject matters and levels of difficulty.
2. http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-SC-300-Snap-Circuits/dp/B0000683A4/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1220729048&sr=8-1 Or look in their for some else that is project related for kids.
3. Check out Make Magazine if you haven't already... You can find their website at www.makezine.com but they do sell a print version. They always have tons of cheap little electronic (and non elec) projects in there and they sell the parts and kits on their site. Hope that helps!
4. There are lots of electronics projects in the book written by Forrest Mims, "Getting Started in Electronics". Amazon sells it for $20, you'd need to spend a bit more to get the electronics parts to assemble the projects. A good online store for electronics parts is mouser.com. If you're looking for something that's less instructive (doesn't cover the why behind the how), a great place for projects is instructables.com, where people have posted electronics projects to suit every budget and interest.
5. Edmund Scientific sells all sorts of kits for robots and other cool toys, as well as lots of individual parts for making your own creations. It's a fun site to look around. Click on the categories you want to view. http://scientificsonline.com/article.asp?ai=7