'Home-made' radio in John Lewis!

just the thing to go with the cardboard (cornflake box) FL ..... recycle it to the next spur of the moment hobby .......

Bet they didn't used to say the 3.5mm jack was to be used with MP3 players.

Bamboo front !!!!! that should go with the gibbering FLs ........

And biodegradable plastic made from corn starch for the chassis. I wonder how long it'll be before it proves that it *is* biodegradable?

Degraded just about describes a G8 like brian taking out a M3 just to go on HF .......

Except that he wouldn't need to...

not now he wouldn't...couldn't even wait for that........

Recycled ? As in most of the garbage received on it, as well as it's decrepid presenters.

Who writes this crap?

LOL - looks like something I would make, before I progressed to the advanced biscuit tin models.

Who will be th efirst to post an unboxing video on youtube? ;-)

Too complicated and expensive, what is wrong with the crystal sets I made as a youngster?

A hotel stay in the US a few years ago left me with a supply of small "biodegradable" cornstarch plastic bottles. One's spent the last year outside in the sun and rain on my balcony, and so far shows no visible sign of degrading.

Well, first of all you have to understand how cornstarch materials break down - sticking it on a balcony won't do it.

Breakdown is a biological process that requires, for instance, the presence of certain bacteria. Composting is the way to go. The European standard for a biodegradable product is that it must degrade by 60% in 90 days.

Biodegradable should not be confused with degradable as these products have additives that aid UV or oxygen breakdown. A process that can take up to 5 years in a landfill site.

This might be taking it a bit too far though ...