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DAVID: (SIGHING)
So, we're really doing this, huh?
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- Right now?
- CHRIS: Yup.
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Okay, we got to present this properly.
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DAVID: Where should I go?
CHRIS: Come to the right.
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DAVID: To the right?
CHRIS: Come on.
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(PIGEON coonue)
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Okay?
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Hi, my name is...
(LAUGHING)
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Hi. My name is David Raskin
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and I'm applying for
the MIT Physics Fellowship.
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What I've developed
is an intelligent propulsion experiment
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which allows me to...
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Um...
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I think I'm getting into that too early.
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I should talk about them more, right?
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I first became interested
in the sciences, uh...
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No, that was not the way to start.
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- What if I walk at you like...
-CHRIS: Can you just go?
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All right, watch.
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Hi. My name is David Raskin.
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CHRIS: Take it down,
like, four notches, Seacrest.
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- What?
-CHRIS: Come on!
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I'd like to introduce you to my engineers,
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Adam Le and Quinn Goldberg,
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and it's my sister, Christina Raskin,
behind the camera.
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Would you not...
Hold on one second.
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I'll hold it so you can point...
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- Dude, you're distracting him.
-What if it looks like you built it?
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- Close your eyes.
-No, it's not gonna look like I built it.
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All right. Like that?
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-(MACHINE BEEPING)
-Let's put this up, Chris.
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Okay, the smartphone's
connected to the Wi-Fi. Ready.
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QUINN: Wait, wait, wait.
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(MUSIC PLAYING ON CELL PHONE)
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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DAVID: Beginning to lift the craft.
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Take the controller.
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I want you to notice
these marks on my fingers.
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All right, cutting off power now.
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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(MUSIC RESTARTS)
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Dude, you're getting into MIT!
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These marks on my hand are read
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by the modified motion sensor
on the computer.
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It allows my hands to
manipulate this craft
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with uncanny precision.
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Oh!
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That's nuts!
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The motion sensors are routed
through my smart phone
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with an 802.11g,
64 gigahertz wireless.
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Chris, watch out. Coming your way.
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- Whoo! Ta-da!
-Yes!
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All right, let's take this thing
to its max altitude!
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Come on, let's go!
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ADAM: Oh, shit!
DAVID: Grab the computer.
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CHRIS: Go, g0, g0!
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Okay, so, unlike other static systems,
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my algorithm tracks gestures
while the operator is moving.
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Elevation, 140.
151, David. 170!
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DAVID: It should have a vertical reach
of about 250 feet.
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(CELL PHONE RINGING)
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What is that? Is that my phone?
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ADAM: David, I think I lost signal.
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DAVID: What do you mean
you lost signal?
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ADAM: The call's interrupting the Wi-Fi.
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Who could possibly
be calling you right now?
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Everyone you know
is standing right here!
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ADAM: It's not connecting, David.
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DAVID: Guys, it's not responding!
It's not responding.
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CHRIS: I don't see it anymore!
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ADAM: It's gone. It's dropping!
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DAVID: Guys, run!
QUINN: Which way do I go?
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- Which way?
-DAVID: Go! Quinn, run!
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- QUINNI Oh, shit!
-(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
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-(MACHINE CRASHING)
-(ALL GRUNTING)
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-(GROANING)
-(CROWS CAWING)
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(PANTING)
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The experiment
was a complete success.
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Thank you for your consideration, MIT.
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KATHY: Christina, I need you
to put that laundry away.
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CHRIS: Yes.
I will do it later, I promise.
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David's daily ritual.
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Checking for the letter, day 37.
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(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
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(CHRIS LAUGHING)
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Quinn. Yeah, it came.
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No, I don't know if I got in yet,
but it's really...
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It's big.
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All right, well, come over then.
Come on!
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CHRIS: Go show her.
David, go show her.
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Christina, I need you
to put that laundry away.
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Yeah, I will.
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And I'm not gonna
tell you again. Oh, good.
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- Can you see this stain here?
-No, Mom...
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I got two job interviews today.
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Mom, look, look. it came.
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Oh, my God!
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Christina, give me that.
It's a family moment.
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ADAM: Wait for me, wait for me!
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I'm growing a beard, David. Open it.
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- Shut up.
-Christina, be more supportive.
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Okay, I want you to listen.
I want you to know whatever happens...
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Oh, my God.
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- David...
-QUINN: Shut up.
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You shut up.
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"On behalf of the admissions
committee, we're delighted
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-"to inform you...
-(ALL SHOUTING EXCITEDLY)
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"...that you have been admitted
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"to the MIT class of 2018."
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- Congratulations!
-ADAM: Yay!
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QUINN: Yo, Adam,
she didn't get into anything.
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ADAM: We're celebrating, right?
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You know, your father
would be so proud of you.
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QUINN: Dude!
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KATHY: David?
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What's the matter?
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"We've reviewed your request
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"and we're pleased to award you
$5,000 in financial aid."
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QUINN: What?
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CHRIS: Wait! What about
the other $40,000?
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Mom, how are you gonna afford that?
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QUINN: Look, dude, let me see that.
DAVID: Please, turn that off.
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
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QUINN: God, dude, look at those.
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Perfect little tree trunks.
Those legs are like...
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LOU: Good job, David.
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- Sorry to hear about MIT.
-DAVID: Yes, sir.
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QUINN: I also didn't
get a scholarship to MIT, Dr. Lou.
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Also didn't sprout wings and fly.
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Still a few scholarships left, David.
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DAVID: I'll look into those, sir.
Thank you.
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QUINN: Yo, just pretend it's not me.
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If you could say one thing to MIT,
what would it be?
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Um, this is stupid.
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QUINN: Wrong answer, dude.
You know what?
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- Maybe you don't want to go.
-I do wanna go.
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Dude, I think these nuggets
were frozen before Obama was elected.
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QUINN: David, prove it.
Prove that you wanna go.
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How am I gonna prove
that I wanna go to MIT?
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How about for a free ride,
every day, your mom shows up
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and publicly hands you
your fungal medication?
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Only if you