But it’s not too late for all of us to use this as a teachable moment and to search our own conscience for biases in whatever form they take. In this instance, it’s clear that at least some of Ahmed’s teachers failed him. Mark, the fact is that America’s best teachers in our schools - in our best schools at least - nurture the intellectual curiosity of all of our students. EARNEST: Well, I think the President, like many of us, was struck by the news reports of this particular incident. “Q Josh, how did President Obama come to post a tweet about a high school student in Texas who made a clock with some wires that got him in trouble? And why did he choose to tweet about it?” Obama’s press secretary Josh Earnest attacked teachers at a briefing on Wednesday for calling in authorities to investigate Mohamed. Micronta clock with measurement showing it could fit in Ahmed Mohamed’s pencil box.
…”Because, is it possible, that maybe, just maybe, this was actually a hoax bomb? A silly prank that was taken the wrong way?…” (Features like a battery back-up, and a 24 hour time selection seems awful superfluous for a hobby project, don’t you think?) Oh, and about that “M” logo on the circuit board mentioned above? Micronta.” The clock features a 9v battery back-up, and a switch on the rear allows the owner to choose between 12 and 24 hour time. A second board inside would have contained the actual “brains” of the unit. The buttons on the front laid out horizontally would have been on a separate board – a large snooze button, four control buttons, and two switches to turn the alarm on and off, and choose two brightness levels. “The shape and design is a dead give away. Amhed’s clock was invented, and built, by Micronta, a Radio Shack subsidary. See this eBay listing, up at the time of this writing. It only took a minute to locate Ahmed’s clock. “ So I turned to eBay, searching for vintage alarm clocks. It’s pretty safe to say already we’re looking at ’70s tech, mass produced in a factory. Point for now being, a hobbyist wouldn’t silk screen logos and part numbers on their home made creation. An “M” logo, “C-94” (probably, a part number – C might even stand for “clock”), and what looks like an American flag. There’s also silk screening on the board.
A modern hobbyist usually wouldn’t be bothered with the outdated design techniques.
#TRUMP NICE CLOCK AMHED FREE#
You can even simulate or lay out a board with free apps on your phone or tablet. Today, even a budding beginner is going to get some computer aided assistance – in fact they’ll probably start there, learning by simulating designs before building them. This is how simple, low cost items (like an alarm clock) were designed. Computer aided design was in its infancy in the 70s. It almost looks hand-drawn, right? That’s because it probably was. Take a look at the board in Ahmed’s clock. That’s because we design things on computers nowadays, and computers assist in routing these lines. You’ll notice right away the highly accurate spacing, straightness of the lines, consistency of the patterns. Surely you’ve seen a modern circuit board, with metallic traces leading all over to the various components like an electronic spider’s web. “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. “Anthony”, writing at the blog Art Voice, detailed how Mohamed’s device is actually a 1980s digital alarm clock sold by Radio Shack. Thomas Talbot posted a video to YouTube explaining the various parts in the photo of Mohamed’s briefcase clock belong to a manufactured alarm clock.
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