Here's why Qatar-bound 'Clock Boy' was definitely not a genius inventor
- 9 years ago
IRVING, TEXAS — Ahmed Mohammed is passing on an offer from MIT for a scholarship from the Qatar Foundation's Young Innovators program.
By now, you've surely heard about the 14-year-old who was arrested last month in Irving, Texas for bringing his "homemade" clock to school. His sister tweeted a picture of her brother getting arrested. Social media was quick to take a dump on school administrators and arresting officers. President Barack Obama even invited him to the White House.
Let's breakdown Ahmed's "invention." First off, if he invented it, why rely on AC power when he could have used a battery? Everything else from the circuit boards and ribbon cables to the battery backup and snooze button suggest it was nothing more than a commercial clock in a pencil case.
If you want specifics, it was a 1986 Micronta 63-765 digital alarm clock that sells for about $15 bucks on Ebay. We'll give the 14-year-old props for being a tinkerer, but Ahmed didn't invent squat.
He then trolled his teacher by setting the alarm to go off in the middle of class. His English teacher said, "It looks like a bomb," and she wasn't that far off.
Did administrators and police overreact to the situation? Yeah, but so did Mark Zuckerberg, President Obama and everyone else who offered their vacuous support for the boy.
Ahmed Mohamed was even named "Muslim of the Year" by the Council on American–Islamic Relations. "Clock Boy," along with his politically ambitious dad, kicked it with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a wanted war criminal.
Genius inventor? Nah, this kid is a master troll in training.
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By now, you've surely heard about the 14-year-old who was arrested last month in Irving, Texas for bringing his "homemade" clock to school. His sister tweeted a picture of her brother getting arrested. Social media was quick to take a dump on school administrators and arresting officers. President Barack Obama even invited him to the White House.
Let's breakdown Ahmed's "invention." First off, if he invented it, why rely on AC power when he could have used a battery? Everything else from the circuit boards and ribbon cables to the battery backup and snooze button suggest it was nothing more than a commercial clock in a pencil case.
If you want specifics, it was a 1986 Micronta 63-765 digital alarm clock that sells for about $15 bucks on Ebay. We'll give the 14-year-old props for being a tinkerer, but Ahmed didn't invent squat.
He then trolled his teacher by setting the alarm to go off in the middle of class. His English teacher said, "It looks like a bomb," and she wasn't that far off.
Did administrators and police overreact to the situation? Yeah, but so did Mark Zuckerberg, President Obama and everyone else who offered their vacuous support for the boy.
Ahmed Mohamed was even named "Muslim of the Year" by the Council on American–Islamic Relations. "Clock Boy," along with his politically ambitious dad, kicked it with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a wanted war criminal.
Genius inventor? Nah, this kid is a master troll in training.
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