[refreshed]

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

Looks like another engineer figured it out down to the model. Radio Shack alarm clock from the 1970’s.

[Stepan12]

Further investigation on my part suggests that other engineer (I don't know either man personally, so I am taking both pretty much at their word) is correct. It appears to be a radio shack 1970s style alarm digital clock. For more information, see the middle of this article.