12-year-old LEGO genius invents low-cost Braille printer From: New York Daily News - 02/23/2014 By: Doyle Murphy Shubham Banerjee calls his invention the Braigo. The California whiz kid modified a robot model from his MINDSTORMS EV3 set to help the blind. A California boy genius is using his smarts - and his LEGOs - to help the blind. Shubham Banerjee, 12, turned his toy set into a low-cost Braille printer, demonstrating his invention in videos he posted online. Read the entire article and view a video (4:25) at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/12-year-old-lego-genius-invents-low-cost-braille-printer-article-1.1699215 Links: Braigo - Braille Printer made from Lego Mindstorms EV3 (Part 2) (4:24) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YfnKB1zWOU BRAIGO - a bit more close up (The Print Head) - print speed 5-7 secs (3:15) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2ep83n-ns BRAIGO - First try with Banner Print3r (0:25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9FKY3JFWaA BRAIGO with Roman Reed and Shubham Banerjee (4:36) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f58EBq8MhzE Braigo - the Lego-made Braille printer built by a twelve year old http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7201/Braigo--the-Lego-made-Braille-printer-built-by-a-twelve-year-old.aspx 12 year old develops low cost Braille Printer with Lego and promises to give design and code for free download (with video 0:39) http://sociotechnocrat.kinja.com/12-year-old-develops-low-cost-braille-printer-with-lego-1515215252 Braigo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=292073840945425&id=282005638618912 Three Projects That Make LEGO Toys into High-Tech Tools http://www.popsci.com/article/diy/three-projects-make-lego-toys-high-tech-tools 12 year old develops low cost Braille Printer with Lego http://sociotechnocrat.kinja.com/12-year-old-develops-low-cost-braille-printer-with-lego-1515215252