While the Boy Scouts might have theirballyhooed robotics badge , it is in reality the Girl Scouts who hit first in this pee - wee tech war with a working prosthetic hand that has help a 3 - year - sometime Iowa little girl write with her fingerless hand .
https://gizmodo.com/boy-scouts-of-america-dip-toe-into-robotics-with-latest-5790555
Developed by the Flying Monkeys , an Iowa Girl Scouts scout group comprised of 11- to 13 - year - olds , the branch was created supporter from an occupational therapist and a local prosthetics producer . The gimmick let 3 - twelvemonth - sometime Danielle to grip a pencil and , as most technological rising slope to the human body will be in the future , is superior to what nature stand for with its extra cylindric holder for other tools .
The equipment sack up the girls $ 20,000 for a patent , which will hopefully extend to more children with limb disabilities being sacrifice the ability to drop a line and interact with other media - founding creature in the future . [ CNET ]
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