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by obviuosly 2610 days ago
I dimly remember reading on Reddit that these machines were not the boy's invention.
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If the machines came as kits sold in stores with prefabricated parts most kids his age either wouldn't be interested or wouldn't be able to build them.
the point isnt that he's not exceptional, the point is he's not frontpage news exceptional.
Hopefully the extra attention gets him a ticket out of there and into a good college.