Ahhhh...check your coconut, I think it's cracked.
The "scare" was unintentional. She was wearing the geek's version of "flair" and clothing decoration. She has bad fashion sense, and that's about all there is to this story. It wasn't under her shirt, it wasn't a vest adorned with capsules and cylinders with wires protruding, nor was there a large clock-like device doing a good imitation of a count down. In fact, this wasn't even an attempt to make a statement other than a fashion statement that equates to, "Look at me! I'm a geek."
Forgive me if I think this whole thing was blown way out of proportion by idiots.