Two Bristol teenage brothers build a £100 Braille printer inspired by their blind grandfather, win international award and plan to make the design free for everyone
- Two brothers from Bristol have won international recognition for developing a portable Braille printer that can be built for around £100, offering a more affordable way to produce printed material for blind and partially sighted people.
- Tom Hunt, 19, and his younger brother Felix, 16, created the device, called BrailleGo!, after becoming aware of the difficulties people and organisations face in accessing Braille documents.
- Their grandfather, a Yorkshire-born engineer who contributed to the early development of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, lost his sight in his sixties, helping inspire their
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- Two brothers from Bristol have won international recognition for developing a portable Braille printer that can be built for around £100, offering a more affordable way to produce printed material for blind and partially sighted people.
- Tom Hunt, 19, and his younger brother Felix, 16, created the device, called BrailleGo!, after becoming aware of the difficulties people and organisations face in accessing Braille documents.
- Their grandfather, a Yorkshire-born engineer who contributed to the early development of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, lost his sight in his sixties, helping inspire their
Sources: Times of India