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Obama hosts his last Science Fair

by Jessica Morrison
April 14, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 16

9-year-old maker of 3-D printed toys Jacob Leggette watches at the White House Science Fair as President Barack Obama blows a soap bubble using a bubble wand that Leggette 3-D printed.
Credit: Associated Press

A nine-year-old took his enthusiasm for 3-D printing all the way to the White House, where he met President Barack Obama last week. Jacob Leggette of Baltimore, Md., who creates toys using a 3-D printer, watches as Obama blows a soap bubble using a bubble wand that Leggette 3-D printed. The event, started by the Obama Administration in 2010, marks the President’s sixth and final White House Science Fair.

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