Girl Scout group wins FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation AwardJune 9, 2011

Congratulations to the Flying Monkeys, a Girl Scout group from Ames, Iowa consisting of six 11-to-13 year olds who recently won the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Global Innovation Award (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) from the X Prize Foundation. The award includes $20,000 to patent their invention, the BOB-1, which is a prosthetic hand device that helps users with limb abnormalities hold, grip, stabilize or secure items. The award submissions were based on the 2010 FLL BODY FORWARD