FLL Global Innovation Award

Factoids

At 100 years old, Eemeli Väyrynen (FI) became the oldest person to receive a patent for his improved potato planter.

The first season of the FLL Global Innovation Award had 179 team submissions!

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere" - Albert Einstein

“Every generation has its own innovations.” – Dean Kamen, FIRST founder

Get ahold of this! A 4-year-old girl from Texas is the youngest person to get a patent – which was for grasping knobs.

Be still my cardiac organ! In 1979 a patent was granted for an artificial heart.

FIRST LEGO League reaches kids in 61 countries!

Silly Putty, trademarked in 1952, was used by Apollo astronauts to hold down their tools in zero-gravity.

Patents can be granted for innovative processes and technologies — like how computers run.

A clean sweep! The first patent ever was granted in 1790 for a soap-making formula.

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FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award

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The Finalists for the FLL Global Innovation Award Food Factor® Season are...

MATobot (New York, NY, United States) – Smart Milk Pitcher
Moderately Confused (Dublin, OH, United States) – Erasable Barcode
Seven World Wonders (Yeruham, Israel) – FreezeStick
S.I.S. Robotic Revolution (Shelton, CT, United States) – Smart Sticker

There were so many fantastic entries that our judges had to select four (4) finalists this season. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at the USPTO on June 19th.

Winner of the NCFPD prize...
Brick Burners (Marshalltown, Iowa) – Shield of Protection Food Safe Label

The FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award is designed to encourage and assist FLL teams to further develop their innovative solutions to real-world problems. This year, the FLL Food Factor season challenged kids around the world to solve a food safety problem. Any registered FLL team may enter their food safety invention to win the opportunity to take their idea to the next level.

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