Convenient placement of the prop/books. Meh.
Posted on 09/27/2015 7:01:58 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
Summary: U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil shares why he's proud to see people across the country standing up for innovation and intellectual curiosity today.
Yesterday, a 14-year-old student named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing his engineering project (an electronic clock) to his high school. Officials mistook it for a bomb.
When I was growing up, my friends and I were fortunate to know how to use soldiering irons, circuit boards, and even a bit of duct tape when nothing else worked. We played, experimented, and learned through trial and error. The best part? When I brought my work in, my teachers loved it. And thanks to them it fed my desire to embrace science, engineering, and technology. That learning to play with technology and curiosity has helped me on every step of my journey so far.
That’s why I’m so proud to see people across the country standing up for the innovation and intellectual curiosity that Ahmed has shown.
That includes the President:
(President's tweet)
And he's not the only one. Today, Dr. John Holdren -- the President's top science advisor -- reached out to Ahmed and personally invited him to come to join us at the White House Astronomy Night on October 19, where we'll bring together scientists, engineers, and visionaries from astronomy and the space industry, along with students and teachers. They'll share their experiences and spend an evening stargazing from the South Lawn.
We think Ahmed will fit right in.
That's because we think it's really important that kids with a passion for science and technology have the opportunities they need to reach for the stars (sometimes, that's literal).
It's why the President has prioritized broadening participation in science and technology to a more diverse pool of students.
It's why we host kids from across the country at the White House Science Fair.
It’s why we believe that the National Maker Faire is so important, and why we are a nation of makers.
And it's why we're dedicated to telling the untold stories of some of the brightest minds in our country -- to inspire young people to follow in their footsteps.
Ahmed, you inspire us -- and we can't wait to meet you.
P.S. -- Don’t forget your NASA shirt. I’ll be wearing mine.
DJ Patil Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy and Chief Data Scientist in the Office of Science and Technology Policy Follow @DJ44
The Turbo Encabulator video is one of the funniest videos ever. But you have to be an engineer to get it.
That list is truly barf worthy. It’s mind boggling. If this kid, or any copy cat he inspires, causes harm to one person, every company and individual on that list, as well as President Bong, is complicit.
Wonder what swag Pop-Tart Boy got for his tasty “invention”?
That’s what I thought.
there was nothing hoax about it. it was a clock, a timer that filthy muslim terrorists often use to set off explosives, and it was functional... minus the explosives of course. I will give the kid credit, he had to troll 6 teachers before one fell for it, he is persistent
Convenient placement of the prop/books. Meh.
I’m definitely not an engineer, but...I will go back and watch it again soon (and all the way through this time, I promise!).
Oh, and “SERKIT”...I finally got it (your screen name, I mean) a while ago. Very clever! :)
Wonder if this fool still stands with young Clockmed?
WTH is ‘Astronomy night?
Ahmed's a fraud 0bama's a fraud, it's a match made in Mecca!
Arne Duncan also tweeted support to Mohamed on the day the story broke:
“We need to be encouraging young engineers, not putting them in handcuffs. #IStandWithAhmed”
Perhaps developed by the Nitally Lions?
The Dallas Morning News jumped on this with glee, of course, and they have yet to write a piece with the true story... at least, not one that I’ve seen.
What really upsets me is these people are planning stuff... the father is an activist big time... they are planning a lawsuit.
This is my city and the high school my daughter went to. I am upset about this whole thing.
If they actually go through with a lawsuit, I hope Mark Levin takes the case and somebody needs to go to jail.
Because you can't all run motels or liquor stores?
This is insane. Clockmed simply removed the guts from a digital clock and spread it out in a metal briefcase to make it look like a bomb.
His father keeps running for the presidency of his former country. Sudan? This is just propaganda to raise his father’s image.
Take the insides of a common alarm clock out of the case, put it in a pencil box for some weird reason...and boom...get invited to white house...the kid invented nothing, as demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEmSwJTqpgY
I’m not sure, but could be tonight, 9/27/2015 lunar eclipse of the blood moon. Watched out the east window of my family room. Was not interested enough to go outside with my telescope.
Did it blow up real good?
Could it have blown up? In any way, shape, or form?
Total false flag operation.
Valerie’s protege is pretending people can’t figure out the truth.
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