According to WHO reports, there are estimated 285 million visually impaired people worldwide and 90% of which lives in developing countries. At this moment the cost of a braille printer is more than $2000 for a basic version, thus for many millions of people across the world have limited access. Shubham Banerjee, 13, created a Braille printer out of Lego pieces for a school science project and, with the help of his family, turned his concept into a start-up company that gained financial backing from the tech company Intel Corp.This project uses the Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit costing $349 and some add-ons from Home-depot costing another $5 to prove that its feasible to make a brail printer for education purposes and schools that's much cheaper.
Shubham made a prototype using parts from a desktop printer and an Intel chip with wifi and bluetooth. He showed what he created to Intel. "They were really impressed," Banerjee said. Banerjee helped his son set up a company with Shubham as the founder. Malini Banerjee, Shubham's mother, assumed the role of CEO, and Neil became a member of the board. They called it Braigo Labs, a combination of Braille and Lego. A few months later, Intel announced they would back Shubham's company with an undisclosed amount of money.
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