Mar 21, 2014
Shubham Banerjee, a San Francisco Bay Area seventh grade student, has developed BRAIGO, a Braille printer using Lego Mindstorms EV3, which slashes the price of a printer from more than $2000 to $350, thereby giving a more cost-effective printer for the disadvantaged.
Legos are the building blocks of the future! At least this 7th grader believes so, and his invention may prove his claim. Shubham Banerjee, a San Francisco middle school student has developed a cost effective Braille printer made primarily from Legos. His invention, appropriately named the "Briago", cost one-fifth the amount of currently available Braille printers. Be sure to check out this interesting article.