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Tween’s LEGO Braille Printer

  • May 28, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

At 12, Shubham Banerjee adapted a Lego kit to create a low-cost Braille printer. His “Braigo” prototype uses a thumbtack to make letters by pressing bumps into paper. The Santa Clara, CA, inventor plans to make his design and software open-source, so anyone can use them for free.

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