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tnec · 3451 days ago · link · · parent · post: I feel like by focusing so much on Ahmed Mohamed as an individual, we're distracting ourselves from the real problem at hand.
I'm not really up on this story, but a 9V battery won't even shock you unless you really tried to make it.9v supply it must have been running on in his backpack could have started a fire with a short.
You're right, it won't shock you but if it shorts the battery itself may become hot and could potentially breach. Pretty rare but possible. One of the components may get too much power running through it from a short which would cause that component to heat up and possibly spark, as well.