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A 13-year-old American has made a machine that can help people read. People who cannot see can read by using Braille – a of small bumps that people touch to read the letters. Machines that make these small into words, sentences and are very expensive. They are called Braille embossers and usually cost at $2,000. The American teenager, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille from a Lego kit that lets people create . It costs just $350. Banerjee has called his new the Braigo – a combination of the words Braille and Lego. It works by translating electronic into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile device.

Banerjee designed his Braigo last year for a science fair. Since then, he has caught the of Silicon Valley in the USA. The technology giant Intel invested in Banerjee's last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35,000 from his to help him start the project. His father works as a computer at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much to his son, saying: "We as started to get involved more, thinking that he's on to something and this process has to continue." Banerjee told the AP news that: "My end goal would be having most of the blind people...using my Braille printer."