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Seamstresses used to work in a textiles factory that closed down. they've now found new ways to use their skills. in some project localness beautiful that meant the project as collaborative and participatory the basic aim is to apply the do it yourself spirit to traditional crafting and the maker movement closing the gap between artists and all creativity and technology that will hear. the. business side on all the cases they're making here this panel and the electrical sombrero hat it all works with rechargeable batteries but there are other godless. the solar panels are connected to. each ot...

How do we create opportunity. how do we grow the pie so that it can help us with our debt and deficits and also help us grow new sectors of the economy and i think talking to millennials is very important as well. the maker movement. growing businesses. portable health care. portable benefits. portable pensions. there's a new economy out there. in five years, most of the workforce is going to be millennials. we need to create programs and policies that are going to allow them to grow to create a new economy and if we show that initiative, what's america 2.0 look like? what's the next iteration...

Areas across the country that chevron has operations. what's so exciting about that is the opportunity for those that are coming together in the fab labs and in the maker movement, students, entrepreneurs, engineers to create, to work on projects that they're passionate about. >> this is really looking forward and trying to get the next generation of women, you know, connected with s.t.e.m. and companies like yours and actually staying there. you have the average amount of women working at chevron. >> about 25%. >> you want to grow those numbers, but you have found that you are retaining women...

Our giraffe has a name, i assume. >> yes, this is russell, the electric giraffe. russell is actually my programmer, who's actually inside this machine. he's inside as well. when we interact and touch him, you'll actually hear russell's voice. i welded it altogether myself. give him a tickle right here. >> that tickles. >> that's cute! earlier this week president obama hosted the white house maker fair meeting with entrepreneurs and inventors who are hoping to pave the way for an american manufacturing comeback. with us manager of corporate programs at chevron, blair blackwell. chevron gave a m...

Making it cool to recycle and use this 3-d printer that uses recycled plastic bottles joins us now from the white house. good to have you here, sir. welcome. >> awesome to be here. being at the maker faire was inspirational seeing kids of all ages. i met a 13-year-old kid building a robot. i met an 18-year-old kid from massachusetts who builds his hen segue from scratch. amazing kids doing awesome stuff. there's a movement in america. a maker movement where kids are taking advantage of everything possible so you at home, you too, can make things as well. we just launched a new 3-d printer that...