He did not invent anything. (Score 1)

I can not believe you are all still perpetuating this ridiculous story. He didn't invent anything. He took apart a digital clock from Radio Shack and stuck it into a box. At best he took a normal alarm clock and turned it into a count down timer. You can give him credit for wanting to learn how digital timing circuits work, or how to hack a R/S clock for "other purposes", but you can not say he invented anything. Get real here, did I invent a Computer because I took some hardware and Linux and made a desktop system? Please stop trying to spin this story you are embarrassing yourselves. (I guess it's a slow news day)