Anyone can be an entrepreneur no matter the age. Just look at Shubham Banerjee, a 13-year-old boy who launched a company to create low-cost machines that print Braille. He designed his prototype product with Lego Mindstorms parts.
Banerjee came up with his product after he asked his parents a simple question: How do blind people read? "Go Google it," they told him and off he went.
Finding that Braille printers can cost upward of $2,000, Banerjee set to work to create a lower-cost alternative.
Now, a year later and with a $350 prototype in hand, Banerjee has received investment from Intel in his start-up, Braigo Labs, and is working on a second-generation printer, which will use the Intel Edison.
Banerjee spoke with EDN at DesignCon 2015 about his printer and what's next for the young engineer.
