13-year-old Indian origin boy developed new version of Braille printer

13-year-old Indian-American Shubham Banerjee has built a Braille printer with Legos and has launched a company called Braigo Labs.

Shubham, who is studying in Class 8 in California, has launched the company with an aim to develop low-cost machines to print Braille, the tactile writing system for the visually impaired.

Tech giant Intel Corp. had recently invested in his startup. This made Shubham the youngest entrepreneur to receive such funding.

Shubham built a Braille printer with a Lego robotics kit as a school science fair project in the year 2014, after learning that current printers cost at least 2000 dollars, which is too expensive for most blind readers.

After his Lego-based printer won numerous awards and enthusiastic support from the blind community, Shubham started Braigo Labs this past summer with an initial 35,000 dollars investment from his father.

In November 2014, tech giant Intel Corp. invested an undisclosed amount of venture capital in Shubham's startup.

About Shubham Banerjee:

Shubham Banerjee is a 13-year-old boy. He was born in Hasselt, Belgium.

The family moved to San Jose, California when he was 3 years old.

Later he moved to Santa Clara, California and completed his elementary schooling at Don Callejon School.

He joined Magnolia Science Academy in Santa Clara in middle school for a couple of months, before moving to Champion School in San Jose where he is continuing his 7th grade.

He lives in Santa Clara, California with his parents and younger sister.