Animated arduino powered graduation caps are pretty common, but perhaps not in Florida. When one recent Florida grad placed such a device on his mortar board, the police incited a (minor) bomb scare, confiscated the cap mounted display, and the bomb squad destroyed it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/student-causes-bomb-scare-at-graduation-with-decorative-ensemble/ar-AAFchE5
Can Cevik, a computer engineering graduate, said he was just trying to be festive earlier this week when he taped a battery-powered digital device to his graduation cap, displaying the message "FIU 2019." ... "Just to clear things up, my cap had an Arduino Uno with a 7-segment display on it and was powered by a 9V battery; it was not an explosive," he said. ... They eventually cleared him to enter the venue, but only after providing him with a new -- plain -- graduation cap. ... Police then called the bomb squad and destroyed the original cap. ... FIU Police Captain Delrish Moss told local reporters that officers acted out of an abundance of caution.
"While that seems very innocent and looks very innocent, it also has the potential to scare people," Moss told local Fox affiliate WSVN. "A police officer spotted it and took the necessary precautions."
This article has a picture of the cap (which appears to be a pretty low effort affair). https://www.waaytv.com/content/national/513449462.html
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Archon V2.0 on Friday August 02 2019, @01:29PM (6 children)
Yep, if I was going to smuggle a bomb into a graduation ceremony, I'd stick lights on it and put it on my head, rather than in my clothing. Hell, pop in and get your robe then make an excuse to go back outside and you could smuggle in anything smaller than a compact car.
We have learning nothing since the Mooninite invasion of '07.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Friday August 02 2019, @01:39PM (2 children)
Everybody knows that bombs tick and beep and have a timer display. I saw it in the movies!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @01:57PM
Was it ticking?
Actually throwers don't worry about ticking 'cause modern bombs don't tick.
Sorry, throwers?
Baggage handlers. But, when a suitcase vibrates, then the throwers gotta call the police.
My suitcase was vibrating?
Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while... it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by ikanreed on Friday August 02 2019, @03:17PM
Obviously the terrorists want us to be in suspense, not merely surprised.
(Score: 4, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Friday August 02 2019, @02:46PM
I believe you have just given police an excuse to have all graduation ceremonies naked.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @07:28PM
The POLICE are the teerorist in this conversation.
They showed the complete stupidy and then follow through to show yup it was BOMB so the public be scared.
The police are saying, "Change your ways! All people with X ARE TERRORIST! See we AHD TO DESTORY A BOMB!".
Define a "terrorist"? Their goal is to make you change your ways.
BUSH2 was terriorist. He force America to not fly for 4 days. Be scare of people that are different.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by driverless on Saturday August 03 2019, @04:05AM
Hey, why do we need actual terrorists when we're doing such a good job of terrorising ourselves?