Texas Teen Ahmed Mohamed Arrested for Clock Gets Warm Welcome From Silicon Valley
- 9 years ago
The tech community has a message for Ahmed Mohamed, the the tech savvy Texas teen who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school: Just keep building.
Mohamed, a freshman at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was taken into police custody on Monday when his homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb by school officials and police.
Since the incident, Mohamed has been fielding a slew of invitations from some of the biggest names in the tech world.
"Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest.
The future belongs to people like Ahmed," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote.
"Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you.
Keep building."
Google extended Mohamed an invitation to its science fair and said he'd be welcome to show off the clock he built too.
Mohamed, a freshman at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was taken into police custody on Monday when his homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb by school officials and police.
Since the incident, Mohamed has been fielding a slew of invitations from some of the biggest names in the tech world.
"Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest.
The future belongs to people like Ahmed," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote.
"Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you.
Keep building."
Google extended Mohamed an invitation to its science fair and said he'd be welcome to show off the clock he built too.