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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, Troll) by exaeta on Friday August 02 2019, @07:42PM (2 children)
As somebody who works in Atlanta as a software engineer, I will say only that this is not a tech hub by any stretch of the imagination.
Yes, it's probably one of the better spots in the southeast, but this state is anything but tech savy. You'll have better luck up in Tennessee, I suspect. Also the housing costs are stupid high in the state.
Why anyone would think that proximity to a school helps you get recent grads is beyond me. New grads cannot afford to live in Atlanta. Hell, living anywhere near this city is expensive. Locating yourself in an expensive city is a good way to increase commute times for your employees.
The Government is a Bird
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @08:27PM (1 child)
'you suspect'? -- you don't need to talk about things that you don't know about - save your opinions for the tmz comment area
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Coward, Anonymous on Saturday August 03 2019, @02:56AM
Heh, that's the most definitive info available on tech in Georgia vs Tennessee.