President Obama hosts Maker Faire to encourage new skills and technologies at the White House

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to Sandra Richter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they sit on an example of eco-friendly urban furniture, a solar-powered sofa, or "soofa", which can be used to charge electronic items, at the White House Maker Faire in the Rose Garden, June 18, 2014, in Washington, DC. The Faire is a series of projects by students, entrepreneurs and regular citizens using new technologies and tools to launch new businesses and learning new skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. UPI/Mike Theiler