Family of Muslim teen arrested for homemade clock files federal lawsuit

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

When one certain group/culture notoriously ... making troubles ... then one should not be surprised if "troubles" gets associated with this group or culture by a wide public

You mean male under thirty with high testosterone levels? Kill them all
Ok i know what you mean, and there's some truth in it.

Get stung often enough by a flying, yellow-black coloured tiny creature, and you sooner or later understand that wasps can sting, even if not every wasp stings you. And so you start to avoid them. Just natural.

Good comparison: you need this honey so badly, so you just have to destroy their nests and their inhabitants, to get it. And then you wonder why you are stung. Avoid the nests (read: oil, other resources and political influence).
It is not about dumb "Untermenschen" anymore who can't fight back. Read Churchill and you know what most of "the west" still thinks about Africans, and the Middle East.

[Skybird]

I did not mention bees, but wasps. Very different behaviour, very different food needs at the end of summer.

[Betonov]

Nah, I like Catfishes analogy better.

[AVGWarhawk]

It looks like a clock to me. A gutted digital clock in a case. He did not make a clock IMO. He gutted one and placed it in the case. So tell me again why a case and gutted digital clock? Science project? He should admitted to MIT free of charge IMO.

[Oberon]

Muslims are like insects, folks, always remember that.

[August]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Muslims are like insects, folks, always remember that.

What a racist thing to say.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by August

What a racist thing to say.

That was his point

he was sarcastic

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It looks like a clock to me. A gutted digital clock in a case. He did not make a clock IMO. He gutted one and placed it in the case. So tell me again why a case and gutted digital clock? Science project? He should admitted to MIT free of charge IMO.

It appears to me he took the controlling PCB from a digital clock, and connected it to a much larger after market 7 Seg display module. The transformer may or may not be from the original clock. 7 seg displays are fairly standardized, and can be fairly easily swapped out, as long as the power demands are met.

But hey, it's a kid, and I give him credit for exploring parts of the world that interest him. His next step would have been to learn how to get an arduino board in there and write the (very simple) code to make his own clock. It's just a stepping stone to more inventive things. When your 4 year old brings you a hand drawn picture of what looks like an avocado half way to becoming guacamole, you don't deride them for the errors, you encourage the good parts.

Go check out www.makezine.com, it's full of rebuilds similar to this, where other items are "upcycled" into new and different things. Maybe he wanted a portable clock?

[August]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Go check out www.makezine.com, it's full of rebuilds similar to this, where other items are "upcycled" into new and different things. Maybe he wanted a portable clock?

Yeah because suitcase clocks are all the rage.

[Betonov]

C'mon, give the kid a break.
Maybe he doesn't have the accuracy in his fingers to fiddle around with small components so he made a big clock to show he can think.
I build luxury boats and I can't cut a plank straight, but I know how to think.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by August

Yeah because suitcase clocks are all the rage.

So you expect every kid to have a complete, finished, and marketable product from day 1? C'mon, don't be ignorant. You should see my should see my shop. I have dozens of half baked, half finished projects laying around, and only a few complete ones, as most of my finished projects have been deployed or given away.

I have a multi color light desk lamp that was 3d printed, but it's lying in pieces cause the one joint needs redesigned.

I have a mini drill press that's not finished. No reason why, just haven't.

I have a bunch of prototype multi colored night lights laying around, as they are prototypes. There's a few that are complete, but they have been given away as gifts.

There's a currently non functional animatronic eyeball staring right at me.

A home built oscilloscope sitting on a rack, but it's non functioning as there is a blown circuit somewhere and the handbook is in chinese.

A motion activated Thermostat is laying here, 95% complete, but never installed as I've been planning to move for 2 years, and will finally do so in the next couple weeks.

Toys, lots of toys. A couple prototype pieces for a Marble Run; Giant Legos; A multi rocket launch pad and controller; RC boats.

There's another dozen stupid random projects sitting around.

This project wasn't about a finished product, it was about a gifted student taking the first steps down the path of learning and exploring. Hell, Edison had how many lightbulbs before one worked? Steve Jobs had how many products before he released the Ipod?

And yes, there is a market for suitcase style clocks. This would be a great thing for having race timing at things like boat races, cross country races, etc. Places where there is no fixed hardware, and portability with a large view able area is needed.

I'm betting a suitcase looking pencil box would not have been chosen.

When that's all you have laying around, and it's a good fit for your project, then that's what you use. Why go out and spend $10 on a new enclosure when you have one sitting around? Especially one that opens up easily to display your craftsmanship? I use small mason jars for my night lights, as I happened to have a crate of them sitting here. In today's single use world, it's good to see people reusing old stuff.