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http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/ ... robot.html

Think back to how you felt during the last family photo. Then imagine holding that smile through 130 snaps with foreign dignitaries. Would it waver? Crumble? Disappear altogether?

Not if you're Barack Obama. Our thanks go to Eric Spiegelman who invested what must have been a significant amount of effort in proving that the US President really is an automaton.

Watch this.

<object width="400" height="435"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id= ... llscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id= ... llscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="435"></embed></object><p><a href="">Barack Obama's amazingly consistent smile</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user415024">Eric Spiegelman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

There can be no other explanation!

It's a stunt-bot used for safety reasons.

I wonder if it as cool features like hidden guns or maybe it transforms into a small tank.