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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LEAD"
AND TIME FOR OUR MONEY LEAD.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU
WERE 14 BESIDES FIGURING OUT THE
AWKWARD YEARS OF PUBERTY,
WORKING A PAPER ROUTE?
HOW ABOUT PROPOSING A WAY TO
SAVE THE GOVERNMENT HUNDREDS AND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS?
I KNOW I WASN'T BUT THAT'S WHAT
THIS BOY HAS DONE.
HE'S JUST PUBLISHED A REPORT IN
THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF
EMERGING INVESTIGATORS -- YES,
HE'S A TEENAGER AND HAS ALREADY
HAD HIS WORK PUBLISHED.
THE GOVERNMENT COULD SAVE $234
MILLION BY SWITCHING THE TYPE OF
FONT THAT THEY USE IN PRINTED
MATERIALS.
SO WITH CONGRESS CONSTANTLY
BICKERING ABOUT WHAT COULD BE
CUT FROM THE BUDGET, SAVING
MONEY, THIS SOUNDS LIKE WHAT
THEY NEED TO HEAR IN WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU'VE GOT TO TELL US HOW YOU
CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, JUST BY
CHANGING FONTS IN OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME AND DEFINITELY IT'S
VERY EXCITING.
SO WHAT I'VE PROPOSED IS THAT
THE GOVERNMENT SWITCH THE FONT
THAT THEY ARE USING FOR ALL OF
THEIR DOCUMENTS TO A PARTICULAR
FONT CALLED GARAMOND.
THIS PARTICULAR FONT CAN SAVE A
LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF INK
AND MY RESEARCH LED ME TO
CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
COULD SAVE ALMOST $234 MILLION
BY SWITCHING TO THAT ONE FONT.
IT'S THINNER, LIGHTER, IT SIMPLY
USES LESS INK.
JUST SIMPLY LOOKING AT IT, YOU
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL THAT IT
ACTUALLY SAVES 30% OF INK COST.
SO THOSE ARE MY CONCLUSIONS.
>> SO IT'S INK BUT IT ALSO USES
LESS PAPER BECAUSE IT TAKES UP
LESS SPACE.
THE AVERAGE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE
PRINTS ROUGHLY 7200 PAGES PER
YEAR, 30 EVERY WORK DAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF PAPER IF YOU'RE
FILLING UP LESS PAPER WITH THAT
INK.
IS THAT PART OF THE CALCULATION?
>> IT'S NOT PART OF THE
CALCULATION THAT I DETERMINED
BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY A
BYPRODUCT OF SWITCHING TO THIS
LIGHTWEIGHT FONT.
>> IT'S A SMART IDEA.
HAVE YOU HEARD BACK FROM THE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE IN
RESPONSE TO YOUR IDEA NOW THAT
IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED OUT THERE?
>> ACTUALLY, I SENT A QUERY TO
THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF MY
STUDY ABOUT SOME INFORMATION
THAT I MIGHT NEED FOR MY STUDY.
THEY DIDN'T RESPOND UNTIL I WAS
DONE.
SO I HAD TO OBTAIN THAT
INFORMATION FROM SOME PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE RESEARCH DOCUMENTS.
BUT, NO, RIGHT NOW I'M SIMPLY
WORKING TO GET THE -- TO SPREAD
THE WORD.
>> IT'S GOOD YOU'RE SPREADING
THE WORD.
DID THEY GIVE YOU AN ANSWER OR
SAY THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING
THIS AT SNAALL?
>> NO.
MY GOAL IS TO GET A FEW
INDIVIDUALS TO CHANGE WHICH
WOULD SAVE THEIR END COSTS.
>> MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN
ALL FOLLOW, RIGHT?
THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT, AS THEY
SAY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO
SAY IT.
THIS PROJECT CAME FROM A SCIENCE
FAIR LAST YEAR, I THINK, BUT
ANOTHER FAIR TODAY AND YOU HAD A
WHOLE NEW PROJECT.
SO TELL US WHAT IT IS.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FIGURING OUT A
WAY TO MOVE US A ALL TO MARS OR
CURE CANCER.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THIS YEAR?
>> I CREATED A WEB-BROWSING
SYSTEM THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WITH
MOTOR DISABILITIES CAN USE SO
EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T USE THEIR
LIMBS, THEY USE EYE TRACKING AND
BRAIN CONTROL TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH A WEB PAGE SO WHEN THE
USER CONCENTRATES AT A LINK, THE
WEB BROWSING SYSTEM DETERMINES
WHICH LINK THEY ARE LOOKING AT
AND NAVIGATES IT TO THEM?
>> IT READS THEIR MINDS OR READS
THEIR EYES?
>> THE BRAIN CONTROL IS DONE
USING BRAIN WAVES SO I'M JUST
MEASURING ATTENTION LEVELS USING
THE MOBILE HEADSET.
IT'S NOT READING THEIR MINDS,