Braille Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:54:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Braille Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Boy Invents Cheaper Braille Printer Using Lego https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/25/1-boy-invents-cheaper-braille-printer/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/25/1-boy-invents-cheaper-braille-printer/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:54:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12504 A 12-year-old boy has invented a Braille printer that costs about $1,650 less than the ones that are available today.

Shubham Banerjee is in grade seven in Santa Clara, California.

He used a Lego Mindstorms kit and added five dollars' worth of parts he bought at a hardware store to create what he calls a Braigo.

His Braigo costs about $349 to make.

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