All the best biomeds grew up “playing” (…working?) with Meccano, surely? Of course, like everything else, it’s been “brought up to date”. Take a look at:-
http://www.meccano.com/products/multimodels/product.php?ref=839550 There’s an absolute ton of Meccano stuff on the web, I’m pleased to say. For example:-
http://www.btinternet.com/~a.esplen/gallery.htm
http://www.dalefield.com/mwes/history Yes, I admit it, I was a great Meccano fan myself as a kid. Later on, the BBC Micro replaced it in my affections. Remember those? Then along came DOS, dBASE and all the rest. Since those happy days, nothing seems to fill the void (perhaps I’ve just gotten old)!
On the other hand, there was a time when I used to enjoy working on Rathbone Ten dental units! How sad is that?
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10293862&wwwflag=2&imagepos=3
