First Palestinians to win at world's premier youth science competition invent 'sensor cane' http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39166

Three girls from the UNRWA School at Askar Camp in Nablus have made history by becoming the first Palestinians to win an award at the world's premier youth science competition. Aseel Abu Aleil, Aseel Alshaar and Noor Alarada were competing with 1500 finalists from around the world.They picked up a "special award in applied electronics" at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, California.The 14-year-olds scooped the prize for inventing an electronic "sensor cane" for the visually impaired, which for the first time sends an infrared signal downwards as well as forwards.