Legos aren’t just child’s play. The world’s most affordable Braille printer is made out of them and won one of 10 of Popular Science’s 2015 Invention Awards in the Category of Communication.
Originally conceived by Shubham Banerjee at twelve years old, the printer was meant to be a cheaper alternative to Braille printers that costed over $1,800. The first prototype, called Braigo, was finished in February 2014 but was “limited to printing on narrow rolls of paper.”
“In summer 2014, Banerjee formed Braigo Labs with the help of his parents. That fall, he released the prototype for Braigo 2.0 at the Intel Developer Forum, and Intel Capital offered him seed funding for further R&D. Along with a team of advisers, Banerjee, now 13, is currently refining the second iteration of his printer, which will consist of fabricated printer parts powered by an Intel Edison chip.”
The price of the final model of the braille printer? Less than $500.
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This story was adapted from and/or directly taken from http://www.popsci.com/braille-printer-born-lego.