[Stepan12]

Why would an electrical engineer make such a mistake?

[Fresh Wind]

Why would an electrical engineer make such a mistake?

Because he's lying?

[Ophiucus]

Because it sounds better to say COUNTDOWN clock than cheap, old alarm clock.

Here is the blog post from an engineer that the facebook post seems very similar to except the is no mention of countdown anything,

http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/