President Obama met with a robot Giraffe on the south lawn [View all]

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Maker Faire @makerfaire · 17m
The president just met the Electric Giraffe @WhiteHouse @makerfaire That's pretty great. #NationOfMakers





White House Live ‏@WHLive 5m
"What...have you done to my house? There’s a mobile factory on the South Lawn. There's a robotic giraffe." —Obama #NationOfMakers


Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller 1m
Pres Obama impressed by demonstration of a 17-foot-tall, 2,200-lb robotic giraffe named Russell. "I like those ears," said the president.


Zeke Miller ‏@ZekeJMiller 43m
After owner says they could ride the giraffe, Obama says "the Secret Service would not let us do that"


Olivier Knox ‏@OKnox 1h
Please, Lord, let's not have today end in a flurry of filing w/ the words "robotic giraffe...unforeseen...Secret Service...President Biden"

watch robotic giraffe segment:

video stream from the Maker Faire at the White House today:

read about it: http://blogs.rollcall.com/technocrat/more-giraffe-cam-than-you-can-handle-from-the-white-house-maker-faire/?dcz=