Has it really come to this?

Scrambling for the exits of a train when you see smoke coming out of a backpack is a good idea regardless of whether you think it's a bomb or not...

I agree with you there... he could have had a lithium polymer battery...

I'm amazed no one tackled him or beat him up.

MD

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From the article:

" Kats said he tried to reassure his fellow passengers that it=20 was a school project -- not a bomb -- but people scrambled for=20 the exits nonetheless. The box he was holding had a small=20 battery, wires and a motor." ...

..."Kats is a computer engineering student at the New York City=20 College of Technology."

Amazing. Doesn't the New York City College of Technology teach anything about putting fuses and switches into circuits?

What sort of grade did he get for that project?

I agree, Computer engineers make lousy Electrical engineers.

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How about the converse? Do EEs make great Comp Es?

MD

What's the difference? I could have had a CompE degree if I'd wanted it. I took all the same classes, but thought an EE degree gave me more options. As it turned out it didn't matter.