Thats how terrorists work..they go to the teacher or police and show them instead of just try to blow it up. And he made it for his engineering class..no teacher around with a little bit of knowlege to see that there are no explosives? And if nobody could see that..why wasnt the school evacuated and the bomb defusal guys came? Instead the little boy got handcuffed..for what? In case he goes rampage against officers with his muscular body?
Point at a bag in a public space and scream "I think its a bomb" and see what happens.
Not trying to pull a race card here..but i really wonder what would had happen if a white kid would show that to a teacher "look..i rebuild a clock"

America seems scared shitless for no real reason..gun sales must explode. (and i know i will get at least 4 thumbs down for that comment..and i know who it will be already)

People often misuse the word "invention".

INVENTION : U.S. Patent Law - a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.

I attended electronic engineering university, and one of my hobbies is creating all sorts of things just like the kid Ahmed does, but I can't call myself an inventor or say that I invent stuff.


I don't wanna bash on the little kid, but I did some research and here's exactly what he did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk_6Vh4Qeo

Of course things like this get viral on web like crazy, and also people with very good knowledge in the field analyzed in depth the situation and observed the same thing: in terms of "invention" it's really a big stretch. A good example here is famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

Here's another good example from a well known Engineer from University of California that shows how the clock is not "invented" by him, (he also explains why it is a hoax): https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5&v=CEmSwJTqpgY

The teacher got scared and acted this way because his clock was not showing time and was counting down, speculating that it might be a bomb.

I prefer to remain impartial here, but most regular people will say it looks like a bomb.

What I'm against to is the fact that he claimed he "INVENTED" the clock to impress the teacher, but by far he haven't invented anything, and also he did something VERY dangerous: the clock is using a transformer since it doesnt need high voltage in order to work, but the transformer is under high voltage and it was EXPOSED with no protection whatsoever , and if someone from the class touched it, he would be most likely electrocuted and possibly even killed... also exposed high voltage components are a dangerous fire hazard, and it could have started a fire in the school.

Also I just remembered: when I was in high school, I used to participate to lots of science fairs and did this kind of "inventions" for science class. When I was in 10th grade, I did something that looked very similar to what Ahmed did, but had a different purpose: a device made out of a landline phone that when called, it can trigger a switch using an electrical relay. That switch can be used to turn off or on house lights, or a pump for a water sprinkler in your garden for example. One of the teachers kept telling me it looks like a bomb and to be honest, it kinda did I'll ask my dad if I still have that somewhere at his house and take a picture of it, and if he does I'll post a link with the picture with the thing

#14 It was later found out as shown on the news that his father is a well known political stuntman who even named his trucking company "twin towers transportation" (mocking 9/11 possibly ? ) .

#15 I just pointed out what's on the news, as I stated earlier I dont care about the muslim stuff.