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What an odd picture. Not sure why you didn't link to a real source. This seems to have a similar looking circuit board: http://fusion.net/story/197958/irving

What an odd picture. Not sure why you didn't link to a real source. This seems to have a similar looking circuit board: http://fusion.net/story/197958/irving-texas-police-arrest-muslim-teen-clock/ http://fusion.net/story/197958/irving-texas-police-arrest-mu... But then this article has a completely different picture: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/15/student-detained-police-mistake-clock-fake-bomb/72348060/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/15/student... If it was really mounted in that case in your picture, it's indeed a little funny looking. I mean, all of this politically correct rage is misplaced if the fucking thing actually did look like a bomb. You gotta know that's not something to take into a school... And who "invents" a clock anyway? It's sort of already-done. I mean, 50 years ago kids were putting together AM radios with electronic kits. At least that's sort-of interesting. It picks up signals from a 1000 miles away--cool! I mean, a clock? Why not invent an inclined plane next? Oh, well. The media needs to push its narrative.

austenallred 11y ago
That is the photo the police provided to reporters by police. He did hold it in a "lunchbox-like" case
DanBC 11y ago
> And who "invents" a clock anyway? It's sort of already-done. Clocks use a variety of circuit blocks - you need something to keep time; you need something to display that time; you can add other features. With just "keep time" and "display time" you still have a variety of different methods. You can count mains frequency; you can use crystals and dividers. Displays can be 7 segment LEDs or LCDs or binary or analogue motors. Each require different approaches. Even if it's just a shop-bought off the shelf kit the student learns a bit of component identification and handling and some soldering skills.
- danjayh 11y ago
  I don't think it was even that. From the pics, it looks like he liberated a commercial clock from its housing and put it in a different case. Unless it had battery backup, he may have soldered in a 9V battery connector, but since it still has a power cord I kind of doubt it.

austenallred 11y ago

That is the photo the police provided to reporters by police. He did hold it in a "lunchbox-like" case

DanBC 11y ago

> And who "invents" a clock anyway? It's sort of already-done. Clocks use a variety of circuit blocks - you need something to keep time; you need something to display that time; you can add other features. With just "keep time" and "display time" you still have a variety of different methods. You can count mains frequency; you can use crystals and dividers. Displays can be 7 segment LEDs or LCDs or binary or analogue motors. Each require different approaches. Even if it's just a shop-bought off the shelf kit the student learns a bit of component identification and handling and some soldering skills.

danjayh 11y ago
I don't think it was even that. From the pics, it looks like he liberated a commercial clock from its housing and put it in a different case. Unless it had battery backup, he may have soldered in a 9V battery connector, but since it still has a power cord I kind of doubt it.