When Shubham Banerjee discovered how much Braille printers can cost, he made a decision to develop one that would be less expensive to make. For his seventh-grade science fair, he created the “Braigo,” a Braille printer made from components of a Lego(R) robot-building package as well as a few various other things.
The 12-year-old developer from Santa Clara, California, got interested concerning what life is like for blind people after seeing a leaflet from a team that helps the visually damaged. “I asked my father, ‘Just how do blind people check out?,'” Shubham described to NBCBayArea.com, as well as his daddy informed him to Google it. That’s how he learnt about Braille, the language of raised dots that individuals review with their fingertips. It’s additionally exactly how he discovered that Braille printers can set you back $2,000 or even more.
It took Shubham a month as well as seven attempts prior to he got the design right. His first Braigo works by using the controller to scroll via the alphabet and also select the letter you wish to print. When you select the letter, a thumbtack develops raised dots on a narrow roll of paper.
Pretty fundamental, yet Shubham’s creation was still a hit at the scientific research fair– and in the technology globe. His success inspired him to discovered Braigo Labs, Inc., to proceed his objective of locating different ways to create valuable technology that costs much less to generate, so even more individuals can utilize it. He intends to make his Braigo layout as well as software program open-source, indicating that any individual can utilize them, for free, to develop their own printer.
At the Intel Developers Forum in September 2014, Shubham showed off the Braigo 2.0, an upgraded model that uses less energy and also can do even more points, like automatically print out information headlines every morning. Intel has to have been amazed because, after Shubham’s presentation, the computer chip manufacturer announced it will certainly purchase his company! Currently he’s one step closer to making his desire for marketing the Braigo a reality.
