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: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 02 2019, @05:54PM (2 children)
One is a clock, with some wires and a battery.
The other is a display, with some wires and a battery.
Yet one was clearly intended to look like a bomb but the other was just a fun DIY project.
Hmm..... I wonder what difference between the two people separates the bomb maker from the DIYer. ....
(Score: 3, Informative) by HiThere on Friday August 02 2019, @06:05PM (1 child)
One was a grade school kid, the other was graduating from college...
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 02 2019, @06:37PM
Because there are so many grade-school aged bombers!
Young adults seem more likely to be the bomb makers to me.