Many Indian-American kids participate in
school science fairs, but few turn their projects
into something that attracts funding from a major
tech company. That’s what 13-year-old Shubham
Banerjee of Santa Clara, California, accomplished
when he sought to make an inexpensive braille
printer for the blind using a Lego robotics kit.
The project gave birth to a start-up
company, Braigo Labs, that received financial
support from Intel Corp.
His father, Niloy (Neil)
Banerjee, told USA Today
Network that Shubham
wanted to take his project
beyond just the science fair. “He really wanted to
take this product to the real people so they could
benefit from it,” Banerjee said.