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>> oh, thats awesome. >> so, this is funny. this music and the camera angles, all that. he kind of nails it there, but having a little fun with it. but hes -- whats it say, cecelia? >> yeah. >> the new daughter is coming but hes having fun with this. >> i have to say, his crib looks fantastic! >> this is funny. >> and proof you dont need millions and millions of dollars, huh? >> this is creative. >> i love it. love, love, love it. i love also going to the beach with the kids. theyre so into bu...

Girls of girl scout and they made a page-turning machine out of legos. >> where are those super girls? [ applause ] yes. they are standing up but you cant really see them. because they are in kindergarten and first grade. they realize some people who might be paralyzed or arthritic might have problems turning pages on a book. it was awesome it. worked so well despite, this is a quote, they said this is just a prototype. thats what they said. this is just a -- i said how did you come up with the ...

Brainstorming session. and one of them asked mr. president, have you had brainstorming sessions and i said yeah but i didnt come up with something as cool as this. >> where are those super girls? president obama interacting with very earnest kids at the science fair is a nice demonstration of what can go right between kids and politicians. skied there before. i was lost and my kids could tell. i forgot a map. oi i have verizon. i dont. so i found us on the trail map and took the only easy way do...

Try not to fall in love. >> this is wonderful. how did you figure this out? >> we had a brainstorming session. are you able to slow it down and speed it up? >> no. >> so that would require an adjustment. >> yes. its a prototype. its a prototype. it will get refined later. >> have you ever had a brainstorm session yourself? >> ive had a couple brainstorming sessions but didnt come up with anything this good. >> what did you come up with? >> you know i came up with things like you know healthcare....

>> where are those super girls? yes. you -- theyre standing up but you cant really see them. because theyre in kindergarten and first grade. they realize that some people who might be paralyzed or arthritic might have trouble turning pages. they said "this is just a prototype." thats what they said. i said how did you come up with the idea? and they said we had a brainstorming session. and one of them asked mr. president, have you had brainstorming sessions and i said yeah, but i didnt come up w...

Paralyzed or arthritic. watch these snippets and just try, try not to fall in love. >> this is wonderful. so how did you guys figure this out? >> we had a brainstorming session. >> you had a brainstorming session. >> yeah. >> are you able to slow it down and speed it up? >> no. >> so that would require an adjustment. >> yes. its a prototype. >> its a prototype. its a prototype. it will get refined later. >> have you ever had a brainstorm session yourself? >> ive had a couple brainstorming sessio...

>> this is wonderful. how did you figure this out? >> we had a brainstorming session. are you able to slow it down and speed it up? >> no. >> so that would require an adjustment. >> yes. its a prototype. its a prototype. it will get refined later. >> have you ever had a brainstorm session yourself? >> ive had a couple brainstorming sessions but didnt come up with anything this good. >> what did you come up with? >> you know, i came up with things like, you know, healthcare. >> you know, healthca...

Policy that were cancelled. peter? >> that meeting got underway an our ago, and just two weeks ago the president was calling insurance companies bad apples for canceling policies that did not meet the benefits and the standards required under obamacare, but apparently the insurance companies are good apples today because the president is just told reporters he invited all the insurance companies executives into the white house for a collaborative discussion, a brainstorming session, how to make ...

X-prize. >> last years winner, we should mention, is wendy schmidt. shell also be at this brainstorming session. what was her winning submission and hows that project going? >> absolutely. wendy schmidt is the sponsor of the wendy schmidt clean-up x-challenge that we launched last year on july 29th to be responsive to the oil spill in the gulf. the competition is doing amazingly. we had over 400 teams that preregistered to compete. we narrowed down to just over 45 registered teams. and now just ...

So each year the x-prize foundation hosts a brainstorming session in los angeles and invites a wide variety of people from around the world to talk about innovation and talk about the future. over the years, the x-prize foundation has been the fuel behind innovation in space exploration, life sciences, energy, and environment, along with education and global development. the nonprofit group does this by hosting competitions each year that offers winners big bucks to finance their great ideas. ta...