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drlucyrogers

Just want to make a comment on here about the child who was handcuffed for bringing in his home electronics project to school in the USA:

 

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/16/they-thought-it-was-a-bomb-ahmed-mohamed-texas-9th-grader-arrested-after-bringing-a-home-built-clock-to-school/?tid=sm_tw)

 

This really isn't going to help encourage anyone to tinker with stuff and make things.

 

Please do all you can to help get tinkering into the mainstream.

 

The school said they ask students / staff to report anything that is or looks suspicious.

 

Please can we make tinkering with electronics look less suspcious and more mainstream?

 

Tweet and blog and share photos of your projects that look "suspicious" but actually do a useful job.

 

Thanks

 

Lucy

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  • in reply to drlucyrogers

    If you are using straw to make fuses what do you feed your camels ?

    And as for Polly-fuses .........

     

    At our local school I'm seeing less making of little electronic things that there was - it just needs one really keen (or in the case above, one really nutty) teacher to make a difference.

     

    MK

  • in reply to michaelkellett

    I do agree that this on element14 really isn't going to attract mainstream attention.

     

    Perhaps Google+ might be the right place to post this sort of message.

     

    We're doing our bit to introduce making electronics into schools and it's being very well received.

    I do agree that it seems much easier to plonk them in front of a screen than to actually do real world hands on stuff.

     

    Mark