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“I developed a mechanical device that enables visually-impaired people to measure walking distance. The project ‘Measuring distance without using tape for visually-impaired people’ was not only applauded by the school education department but also the visually-impaired. My parents are proud of me,” said the student, who will be catching a flight to Helsinki on January 20. I am super excited to travel in a flight and to tour Finland and Sweden, thanks to the state government. A keen hearing sense and acute memory would help them measure the walking distance,” he told TOI.Poovarasan had to switch to the government school from a private school due to his family’s financial situation..