This article is the text of an address given by the author at the Electronics Now! event held at Savoy Place on the 5th and 6th July 1990. Pupils from eight secondary schools in the London area visited Savoy Place to spend a day working on practical electronics projects in the event, organised by SPE Ltd., hosted bythe IEE and sponsored by GEC, which aimed to introduce young people to new technology and encourage them to take up the challenge of a career in engineering.