invention Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:33:36 +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 invention Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Dr. Heimlich Uses His Life-Saving Maneuver For The First Time (Or Does He?) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/06/12/dr-heimlich-uses-life-saving-maneuver-first-time-age-96/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:46:41 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15588 Imagine coming up with an amazing, life-saving invention. An invention that tens of thousands of people around the world have used to save people’s lives.
And then imagine never using it yourself, not even once, to save a life. Until you were 96 years old.
That’s exactly what happened to Dr. Henry Heimlich.

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]]> 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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