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TPRJones wrote:

The kid didn't "make" a clock. He took apart a clock and put it in some kind of metal case.

Those aren't standard clock parts. That main board is not out of a commercially produced digital clock; the traces are way too wide and the contact points too large. It looks more like something out of a project kit.

Inside it, the electronics appear less as a combination of miscellaneous parts wired together into a timepiece, and more so as simply the guts of a standard digital alarm clock. Seen are a big seven-segment display, a transformer for stepping down the line voltage, 9-volt connector for power-outage battery backup, plus the control board with buttons to set the clock, and the main board that connects all the pieces together, attached to the display by a wide ribbon cable.

TheCatt wrote:I'm going to trust MakeZine here.

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.
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Amhed’s clock was invented, and built, by Micronta, a Radio Shack subsidary.
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So there you have it folks, Ahmed Mohamad did not invent, nor build a clock. He took apart an existing clock, and transplanted the guts into a pencil box, and claimed it was his own creation. It all seems really fishy to me.

At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.

Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj's last major rite.

Al-Nimr's cleric uncle was sentenced to death in a separate trial on terrorism charges and for "waging war on God" because of his speech during anti-government protests in Qatif, according to Amnesty International.

Leisher wrote:[url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/29/before-clock-incident-made-him-a-celebrity-ahmed-mohamed-racked-up-weeks-of-suspensions-an d-clashed-with-authority/]Clock kid is a bit of a dick.[/url]

Ahmed Mohamed “racked up weeks of suspensions” and clashed with authority while in middle school, the Dallas Morning News reported.
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Mohamed reportedly used a “hand-built remote control” to repeatedly turn off the class projector during a teacher’s lesson in middle school. But he also once created a makeshift phone charger to give a tutor’s dead cellphone some juice.

Malcolm wrote:Muslims peaceably gather for their most revered of holy pilgrimages.

At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.

Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj's last major rite.

Truly, 'tis the work of the divine.

The nephew of a prominent government critic, Nimr was held without charge for two years at a prison in Dammam in the kingdom's Eastern Province. Amnesty International charged in a report last month that he was tortured into confessing to taking part in the illegal protest, attacking security forces, possessing a machine gun and committing armed robbery.