Extending a helping hand to turn book pages by foot
PANJIM, Jan. 23 -- The students of BITS Pilani, in Goa, have lent a hand, for the armless to do wonders with their feet.
They have developed a life-changing innovation in a foot-operated page-turning machine developed by the students of BITS Pilani Goa Campus, inspired by the difficulties faced by leprosy patients in reading books.
It is an arduous task to turn the pages of books while reading them without having arms. To enable such people to read the books without much difficulty, the students of BITS Pilani Goa campus have developed the prototype of a foot-operated machine that can turn the pages, without needing hands.
"There are hundreds of physically challenged persons who don't have both arms. It is extremely difficult for them ...
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