PIO wonderkid working on new product for blind


NEW YORK: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy, who invented a low-cost portable Braille printer, says he is currently working on a "pretty cool" new idea for a product which will again be useful for millions of visually impaired.
Shubham Banerjee, an eighth-grade student in Santa Clara, California, is receiving rave reviews and valuable support from experts and prestigious companies for his printer Braigo, which he had recently developed using Lego Mindstorms EV3, a robotics kit.

Banerjee is not one to rest on his laurels and says that he has a "lot of ideas", which are "secret for now" and wants to work on products that will help people, particularly in developing countries.

Banerjee, who plans to pursue a career in engi8neering or the scientific area, encouraged youngsters of his generation to come up with original ideas that will help the society...........Read more

 

Source web page: The Times of India


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