{"id":19207,"date":"2016-10-13T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/obama-goes-into-full-and-feisty-geek-mode-at-white-house-frontiers-conference\/"},"modified":"2016-10-13T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:00:56","slug":"obama-goes-into-full-and-feisty-geek-mode-at-white-house-frontiers-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/obama-goes-into-full-and-feisty-geek-mode-at-white-house-frontiers-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama goes into full (and feisty) geek mode at White House Frontiers Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cInnovation is in our DNA,\u201d President Barack Obama tells his audience at the White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh. (Credit: White House)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Barack Obama stated the obvious today during what almost sounded like a farewell address to the tech community he loves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI confess, I am a science geek,\u201d he said at the White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh. \u201cI\u2019m a nerd, and I don\u2019t make any apologies for it. \u2026 It\u2019s cool stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obama geeked out big time during his visit to Carnegie Mellon University \u2013 checking in with a quadriplegic patient whose sense of finger touch was restored thanks to a brain implant, and steering a flight simulator for a Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule\u2019s docking with the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour ride is here, baby,\u201d Obama said after mastering the simulated hookup.<\/p>\n

He took a look at SpaceX\u2019s next-generation Dragon capsule, which NASA plans to use along with the Starliner to transport astronauts to and from the space station in a couple of years. Other exhibits showed off a drone designed to inspect critical infrastructure, cars with autonomous driving features, and the Seattle-based Mozak citizen-neuroscience initiative.<\/p>\n