HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A Huntsville-based magnetics research company is in the spotlight after meeting with President Obama.

Correlated Magnetics was one of four companies chosen to give a presentation to the President, demonstrating their breakthroughs in technology.

Company leaders said the President said "he felt like a magician's assistant" during their presentation.

In a nutshell, the company programs magnets to give them a stronger hold. They use a computer to create special patterns on magnets. Those patterns determine how the magnet will react to other magnets.

In the past five years, the company has been issued 80 patents, with dozens more in the works.

The company's researchers develop all kinds of products, from sporting equipment to household goods.

They are also developing products for The Office of Naval Research, Marshall Space Flight Center, and The Missile Defense Agency.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- There are 12 bronze ducks in downtown Huntsville and it's up to you to find them! Friday, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau unveiled the Lucky Duck Scavenger Hunt.

Using a list of clues, the idea is to find all the ducks that are scattered around downtown. The ducks are permanent statues that are strategically placed around downtown to promote all that the area has to offer.

MADISON COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- We have a question for you. Do you know your neighbors? Have you ever met them? Do you know their names? All too many of us would have to answer no, but there's a movement  across the country to change that. It's something called "new urbanism," and in many ways it's a case of Back to the Future.

Just ask Derek and Brandi Hasley. They're going for a walk with their dog, and in the village of Providence in Madison County, that's a significant occurrence.

"Of all the places we've lived, this is the one community where we have gotten to know more of our neighbors," Derek said.

"I think the goal is to get the community more involved," Brandi added.

Whether they know it or not, the Hasleys are part of a rapidly-growing trend called new urbanism.