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'I'm such an underachiever!' Obama praises whiz kids at annual White House Science Fair as he test drives their incredible inventions

By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 21:35 GMT, 27 May 2014 | Updated: 21:44 GMT, 27 May 2014

President Barack Obama today called himself 'an underachiever' as he looked at young students' inventions and projects at the annual White House Science Fair.

Among the designs was a catapult-armed mannequin who shot three-point baskets, an 18-year-old cancer researcher and second-grade Girl Scouts from Oklahoma with a Lego 'flood-proof' bridge.