Braille printer of two Da Nang students reaching out to the world

With the excellence of winning the first prize at the 12th National Youth and Youth Contest, the model of Braille printers of two students in Danang is about to "fly" to Japan, bringing hope about A special invention for the visually impaired will be widely used in practice.

Award "bumper" award

Wishing to help visually impaired people easily read and handle information and images, Nguyen Thien Nhan (former 12A5 alumni, Le Quy Don high school) and Dang Huynh Khanh Ly (former student 12/7 class, Hoa Vang high school has launched the model "Braille Printer - Braille printer for blind people". The invention has achieved "bumper" prestigious awards at competitions: the second prize of the Young Informatics Contest (2015), the first prize of the National Science and Technology Innovation (2016), the first prize of the Youth Competition Children nationwide take place in October 2016.

Nhan and Ly on the Braille printer model - (Photo: NVCC).

Nhan shared: "In order to get the results as we are now, we have experienced many difficulties, there are times when we seem to give up. But because of the passion for creation, we want to support products. In part, for the visually impaired, we have been constantly striving and determined to make it to the end, and after 7 months of studying, with the help of the instructor, both have presented patent for sending to competitions in science and technology field ".

Unlike normal printers that use ink nozzles, Nhan and Ly's Braille printers use the needle tip under the impact of temperature to create braille on hard paper surface. The case is made of plastic, components used from recycled materials, so light weight (about 1kg). According to you, these are also outstanding features compared to other types of Braille printers on the market.

Nhan and Ly received the first prize of the 12th National Youth and Youth Contest - (Photo: NVCC).

Conquer the international playground

It is known that the two "children" of the two are about to join the international exhibition in Japan (May 2017). Coming to the exhibition in the future, the model will be improved. Instead of receiving data by USB or connecting to a computer, Braille printers will have a keyboard to help the blinds easier to print. In addition, the weight of the model will be more compact than the current one, can carry with you.

The Braille printer is completed and about to go to Japan for the exhibition - (Photo: NVCC).

After winning the first prize in the 2016 National Youth Youth Contest , because of busy studying at school, the invention has not been given adequate attention. In the near future, when the exhibition is finished, Nhan and ly hope that the product will be applied in practice and replicable, thus helping more blind people.

Khanh Ly said: "This is the first time we have attended an international exhibition, so the next improvement will be the last and most complete improvement for the products to the blind, help them a part of life ".

Not only that, in March 2017, Nhan and Ly will also participate in the National Creative Student Start-up Competition held in Hanoi with the Ekid set of hardware programming solutions for children. .

Talking about the invention of the two students that I directly instructed, Mr. Do Van Nho (teacher of Le Quy Don specialized high school) said: "The labor process, the untiring creativity of both of you finally Hopefully, when you bring to Japan for exhibitions, the model will get attention, so get the attention of businesses for this invention to be invested properly and soon launched the main product. awake to the market ".