National Braille Press Announces Touch of Genius Prize Winner Paige Connect
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BOSTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- National Braille Press (NBP) announced today that the 2023 winner of the Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation is Gregory Hargraves who, along with the Paige team, created Paige Connect. The Touch of Genius Prize competition attracts ideas from inventors around the globe who seek to improve the lives of people who are blind and have low-vision. The winner of the competition receives $10,000.
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- BOSTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- National Braille Press (NBP) announced today that the 2023 winner of the Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation is Gregory Hargraves who, along with the Paige team, created Paige Connect .
- The Touch of Genius Prize competition attracts ideas from inventors around the globe who seek to improve the lives of people who are blind and have low-vision.
- Paige Connect was invented by Hargraves alongside four other recent engineering graduates from Imperial College London (Carolina Gomes, Nina Rimsky, Sergio Gosalvez, Nina Moutonnet).
- The Touch of Genius Prize attracts innovators from around the world in the fields of education, technology, engineering, graphics, and literacy.