Ahmed and His Family Speak: “Go for it, Don’t Change Who You Are”
Ahmed Mohamed speaks to the press after police dropped charges on Wednesday morning for an arrest over a homemade clock mistaken for a bomb.
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Stand With Ahmed: 5 Clocks You Can Make
Learn electronics and science while showing your support for arrested 9th-grade clockmaker Ahmed Mohamed with these five clock projects.
Updates: Obama Invites Ahmed to the White House, Social Media Explodes with Support
Outpourings of support for Ahmed Mohamed on social media today promptly followed the 14 year old’s arrest and suspension from school yesterday after the homemade digital clock he brought to classย was mistaken for a bomb. As of 10 a.m. this morning, over 400,000 Tweets were found with the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed, with sentiments ranging from serious […]
9th-Grade Maker Arrested Because His Clock Project Looked Like a Fake Bomb
Ahmed Mohamed, a 9th grader in Irving, Texas, was led from his school in handcuffs earlier this week. His crime? Bringing his DIY clock circuit to school. The first report on this incident was filed in the Dallas Morning News. Perhapsย you’re thinking, hey, maybe itย had exposed wires and a display, maybe it could kind of […]
Civic Jazz in the New Maker Cities
Editor’s note: This article was originally published for the Techonomy conference in Detroit, 9/15/15. Our civic innovation movement is about 6 years old. It began when cities began opening up data to citizens, journalists, public-sector companies, non-profits, and government agencies, inviting broader participation in the city. Open data is an invitation: itโs something to go […]
MakerCon Preview: Reimagining the Fashion Business in New York
Manufacture New York is an ambitious 160,000 square foot public/private partnership thatโs reimagining the fashion business in New York.
MakerCon Preview: Localize Supply Chains with Maker’s Row
Last week while in Brooklyn I spent a moment catching up with Matthew Burnett, CEO of Makers Row, the home of Made in America for the 21st century. Matthew explained to me that Makers Row, which is an online community for factories and suppliers across the United States, came from a need to simplify the […]
