Girl scouts earn patent for BOB-1 prosthetic device
Back in May we reported that a team of girl scouts, The Flying Monkeys, won the FLL Global Innovation award for their prosthetic device, the BOB-1, that lets children with no fingers write again. The girls won $20,000 from the event and used the money to file a patent for their invention. Now, a over month later, it looks like they’ve been granted the patent. Here’s what one of the girls said in a report from ABC:
“It’s a really big deal to be getting a patent. Almost no one at our age has one and it’s very special. It means our invention is really worth it.”
No word on when we’ll finally see the device on sale but this patent means the girls are one step closer to their dreams. Video about the BOB-1 after the break:
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