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Inventor Dean Kamen to Unveil Youth Invention Award Winners

Kids receive cash prizes and support from experts on how to bring their food safety inventions to market during FIRST ® LEGO ® League Global Innovation Award Ceremony

MANCHESTER, N.H. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 13, 2012FIRST ®:

WHO: Finalists of the 2nd annual FIRST ® LEGO ® League (FLL®) Global Innovation Award

Invention     FIRST LEGO League Team     Team Origin

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    Moderately Confused     Dublin, Ohio

FreezeStick

    Seven World Wonders     Yeruham, Israel

Smart Milk Pitcher

    MATobot     New York, NY

Smart Sticker

    S.I.S. Robotic Revolution     Shelton, Conn.

WHAT: Students showcase their food safety inventions:

WHERE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Madison Building; 600 Dulany Street; Alexandria, Va.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 19, 2012: Ceremony: 10:30 a.m. – noon, Eastern Media Avail: noon – 1:00 p.m.

WHY: The annual FLL® Global Innovation Award, hosted by FIRST, helps students solve real-world problems by supporting the development of their ideas and inventions through the product development process

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Dean Kamen founded FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit, to inspire young people’s interest in science and technology. FIRST ® LEGO ® League is one of four robotics programs offered by FIRST. Each year, FIRST LEGO League issues students a three-part challenge, which includes building, testing, and programming an autonomous robot using LEGO ® MINDSTORMS ® NXT and conducting a research project working under a set of core values. Students in FIRST LEGO League can enter their ideas in the FLL Global Innovation Award. This year’s FLL Global Innovation Award program sponsors include Edison Nation; X PRIZE Foundation; Booz Allen Hamilton; John Deere; MasterCard; and Rockwell Collins. For more information about the FLL Global Innovation Award, visit http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org/.

FIRST ® and the FIRST ® logo are registered trademarks of the United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST ®). LEGO ® and MINDSTORMS ® are registered trademarks of The LEGO Group. FIRST ® LEGO ® League and FLL® are jointly held trademarks of FIRST and The LEGO Group.



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