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Title: Hoax Exposed: Muslim Student Ahmed Mohamed’s ‘Briefcase Clock’ is 1980s Digital Alarm Clock
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Published: Sep 19, 2015
Author: taylor
Post Date: 2015-09-19 13:27:13 by calcon
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““Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.” President Barack Obama, September 16, 2015 It was a Hoax. Ahmed Mohamed’s claims that he assembled a clock at home that he took to school is starting to unravel. Two investigators who have studied the image of Mohamed’s device provided by Irving, Texas police have concluded that Mohamed did not make the clock. Both conclude that Mohamed disassembled a manufactured clock and installed it in a large pencil box without its casing. And both say it is possible it was done to provoke suspicion or to resemble a bomb. Update: Clock has been identified as being sold in a 1986 Radio Shack catalogue by an Art Voice reader. The headline and text for this article has been changed to reflect the update. Ahmed Clock Irving PD 14-year-old Mohamed, a Muslim, was briefly arrested and investigated for bringing a hoax bomb to MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas on Monday. He was subsequently cleared. Thousands of dollars have been donated to Ahmed Mohamed in just the past few days, reported CNN. “On Monday, 14-year-old Mohamed was arrested for taking a homemade clock to school that his teachers thought was a bomb. So crowdfunding platform LaunchGood started a campaign to raise $100,000 for the Muslim teen. “In just one day, the site had raised over $10,000 from more than 200 backers. It’s hoping to raise $100,000 by October 13. “”The support for it has been amazing,” said Chris Abdur-Rahman Blauvelt, CEO of LaunchGood, which supports projects started by Muslims or ones that are tied to the history and study of Islam. …”Blauvelt said his campaign has the approval of Mohamed’s family. He said half of the money donated will go toward a scholarship fund for Mohamed and the rest to efforts that foster creativity and inventiveness in kids. “In addition to LaunchGood, crowdfunding platform Gofundme has also launched a campaign for Mohamed. It’s raised more than $4,000 with a goal of $60,000 that will go toward Mohamed’s future college tuition.” Thomas Talbot posted a video to YouTube explaining the various parts in the photo of Mohamed’s briefcase clock belong to a manufactured alarm clock. “Anthony”, writing at the blog Art Voice, detailed how Mohamed’s device is actually a 1980s digital alarm clock sold by Radio Shack. “For starters, one glance at the printed circuit board in the photo, and I knew we were looking at mid-to-late 1970s vintage electronics. Surely you’ve seen a modern circuit board, with metallic traces leading all over to the various components like an electronic spider’s web. You’ll notice right away the highly accurate spacing, straightness of the lines, consistency of the patterns. That’s because we design things on computers nowadays, and computers assist in routing these lines. Take a look at the board in Ahmed’s clock. It almost looks hand-drawn, right? That’s because it probably was. Computer aided design was in its infancy in the 70s. This is how simple, low cost items (like an alarm clock) were designed. Today, even a budding beginner is going to get some computer aided assistance – in fact they’ll probably start there, learning by simulating designs before building them. You can even simulate or lay out a board with free apps on your phone or tablet. A modern hobbyist usually wouldn’t be bothered with the outdated design techniques. There’s also silk screening on the board. An “M” logo, “C-94” (probably, a part number – C might even stand for “clock”), and what looks like an American flag. More about that in a minute. Point for now being, a hobbyist wouldn’t silk screen logos and part numbers on their home made creation. It’s pretty safe to say already we’re looking at ’70s tech, mass produced in a factory. “So I turned to eBay, searching for vintage alarm clocks. It only took a minute to locate Ahmed’s clock. See this eBay listing, up at the time of this writing. Amhed’s clock was invented, and built, by Micronta, a Radio Shack subsidary. Catalog number 63 756.” “The shape and design is a dead give away. The large screen. The buttons on the front laid out horizontally would have been on a separate board – a large snooze button, four control buttons, and two switches to turn the alarm on and off, and choose two brightness levels. A second board inside would have contained the actual “brains” of the unit. The clock features a 9v battery back-up, and a switch on the rear allows the owner to choose between 12 and 24 hour time. (Features like a battery back-up, and a 24 hour time selection seems awful superfluous for a hobby project, don’t you think?) Oh, and about that “M” logo on the circuit board mentioned above? Micronta.” …”Because, is it possible, that maybe, just maybe, this was actually a hoax bomb? A silly prank that was taken the wrong way?…”
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#1. To: calcon (#0)
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Oh c'mon calcon, Sudanese students growup begging to find new ways to appease allah. This was just one more approach; as opposed to strapping bombs around one's chest in Sudan to make a great impression, here in America we use briefcases!
i've got few suggestions to help them out
This entire story is a hoax and political bomb. The Muzzie's old man is deeply entrenched in Muzzie Sharia politics. Good thing the MSM has reported that....OH WAIT. THIS incident was the lamest excuse ever for "profiling" and a visit to the White Hut. (Is it too late for Stalin's bones or 0suma's phantom corpse to "visit" the WH?) The Regime has just put out the word that this kind of BS agitprop propaganda will be rewarded, and LE penalized for being cautious. A sympathetic Muzzie-Leftist owned media will run interference ALL day until an American city is nuked...at which time the Tea Party will be blamed.
Check this out: And the 0bomber administration is forcing about 100,000 refugees onto American taxpayers.
Hey Liberals, #IStandwithAhmed Isn't Only About Racism. It's About School Zero Tolerance Insanity.
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Can you imagine the outrage if the teacher had said nothing and the piece of junk that does resemble a bomb turned out to be a BOMB?!!!
You or anyone can make a bomb appear like anything benign; your point is silly.
"it is possible" The author obviously meant to write "it is PROBABLE..." Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
It’s been quite the week for Ahmed Mohamed. The 14-year-old was arrested this past Monday at his Irving, Texas high school after bringing a homemade clock into class to show his teacher at MacArthur High School. He was then questioned by police and taken into custody for building what the police call a “hoax bomb.” Mohamed was eventually released after police did not file charges. However, that was certainly not the end it, as the story went viral across the Internet. Many supported Mohamed’s inventive curiosity — though some wondered how “inventive” the clock actually was — and President Obama even invited the teen to visit the White House. Mohamed was hailed as a hero, with other tech leaders like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Box CEO Aaron Levie inviting him to visit their Silicon Valley offices. Now, Microsoft is showing Mohamed some love. Here’s a tweet from Alia Salem, executive director of the Dallas Council on American-Islamic Relations, who has joined Mohamed during TV interviews throughout the past week. A Surface Pro 3, a Microsoft Band, a 3D printer, an Office 365 subscription, and much more. Not bad, Ahmed. You didn't get it did you?....... have a nice day.
Let's settle this once and for all. Give him a shoebox full of components, a blank printed circuit board, and a soldering iron and have him build another one from scratch. The idiot wouldn't know where to begin. Based on the pictures, all he did was gut an old digital clock and reassemble it in a mini-briefcase. Why a briefcase? Why not attach them to a piece of wood or Plexiglas to display his work? Here's a key point -- his digital clock is powered by AC. Meaning it has to be plugged in to work. From the original article: "Ahmed said he brought the clock, which he had fashioned with a digital face in an inexpensive box, to school on Monday to show to an engineering teacher, who said it was “nice” but then told him that he should not show the invention to other teachers." But when it beeped during an English class Ahmed revealed the device to his English teacher, according to an account in The Dallas Morning News. “She was like, it looks like a bomb,” he said. Meaning he went to his English class and plugged it in. Some "accident", huh? He wanted a reaction from the teachers. When he didn't get it from one, he tried another.
#2. To: buckeroo (#1)
Sudanese students growup begging to find new ways to appease allah.
#3. To: calcon (#0)
#4. To: calcon (#2)
#5. To: calcon (#0)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#6. To: calcon (#0)
#7. To: patriot wes (#6)
the piece of junk that does resemble a bomb turned out to be a BOMB?!!!
#8. To: calcon (#0)
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Mohamed disassembled a manufactured clock and installed it in a large pencil box without its casing. And both say it is possible it was done to provoke suspicion or to resemble a bomb.
#9. To: calcon, Jwpegler (#0)
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Here’s what Microsoft gave the teenager who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school
Is that JwPegler's mail order bride?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#10. To: buckeroo (#7)
You or anyone can make a bomb appear like anything benign; your point is silly.
#11. To: calcon (#0)
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