Barack Obama may be the President,but he has no powers when compared to the cuteness of the Supergirls. He metwith the adorable group of young children on Monday during the White House Science Fair.
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The elementary-school girls capturedthe hearts of many by wearing their red capes over their Girl Scout uniforms.But it wasn't just their adorable nature that drew attention, the 6-year-oldsfrom Oklahoma presented their page-turning robot made from Lego blocks thatthey designed to be used by disabled people. A smiling President Obama said the girlstold him, "It's just a prototype."
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He also checked out about 36 otherexhibits at the fair, where he participated in projects like splashing in water in awave tank to show how a lakeside power-generating system works. Other students'projects included software for a theoretical new drug to treat diseases while some others had robots.
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As the President toured the threedozen exhibits, he also got the lowdown on the science behind the show. "What's the conceptbehind the algorithm?" he asked Anvita Gupta, a 17-year-old junior fromScottsdale, Arizona, who came up with software thatlooks for potential new drugs to treat cancer, Ebola and otherdiseases.
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A couple of the projects featuredrobots, including one that catchesand throws balls. "The robots I see keep getting smarter everyyear," the President said. "We are keeping an eye on that, by the way. You'reon notice, Skynet."
This was the fifth White HouseScience Fair, which is part of the President's initiative to promote science,technology, engineering and math education. "It's not enough for ourcountry just to be proud of you," he said at the event. "We'vealso got to support you."
