I still don't understand why you are pissed off, do you get mad every time someone wins the lottery?
He got all that media attention because he got arrested and was interrogated without permission to even speak to his parents, not because he built a damn clock.
Also give the kid a break, if I was his age I would still be pretty proud to have moved a clock into a different case, just like how I was proud when I built my first computer. MIT isn't inviting him because they think he is a genius... this thread is so pointless..