Follow Spain investment immigration and follow Spanish technology development: Recently, two young Spanish men jointly won the first prize in the 2013 "Young Inventors Competition," with each receiving a prize of 10,000 euros. The competition was organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering. One of them is an engineer specializing in "industrial technology" who has been dedicated to various robotics research projects, and the other is an electronics technician specializing in "electronic materials." The entry submitted by these two young men is a robotic arm made from graphene, which can be worn directly on the body and react according to human consciousness.
One of the young men is named Eduardo Laken, and he has achieved outstanding success in the field of "neurorobotics." The robotic arm he invented left a deep impression on the competition jury. This robotic arm can connect well with the human brain and complete simple movements according to signals sent by the brain. This invention brings good news to disabled individuals, including those with cerebral palsy or muscle necrosis.
The interior of the robotic arm is equipped with motion sensors that can monitor the movement of other limbs of disabled patients in real-time and analyze them. It can also synchronously collect the activity characteristics of the patient's muscles, making the patient feel as if they are truly moving with their own limbs. On the other hand, the end of the robotic arm is equipped with a functional electrical stimulation system, which can generate directional currents to stimulate muscles in motion, thereby effectively reducing unnecessary tremors without affecting the patient's normal movement. The interior of this robotic arm uses various extremely complex electromagnetic devices, while the exterior is a highly realistic human arm made of fabric. Therefore, both from a practical and aesthetic perspective, this invention is quite successful as it meets the various needs of potential customers.
Currently, "neurorobotics" is a very popular discipline. It mainly studies how to effectively combine machine parts with the human nervous system, but it also carries significant safety risks. First, both machines and the human nervous system are quite complex, but they are complex in different ways; one is complexity in the industrial field, and the other is complexity in the biological field. The main difficulty is that it is very hard to combine the two perfectly. Secondly, there is a lack of experimental subjects because such experiments themselves consume high costs, and the experimental steps are quite complex, making it difficult to find sufficient experimental materials and subjects. This is also the main reason why so many engineers are passionate about this research. Many scholars working at the Madrid Robotics Center have made many efforts in this field, attempting to complete the technical transition from ordinary robots to intelligent robots, that is, ensuring the robustness and durability of machine parts while perfectly combining them with human consciousness.
The other award-winning youth is named Tomás Palacios, 35 years old, who is a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. His main research projects are various advanced semiconductor materials, such as graphene and gallium nitride, which are the most commonly used experimental materials in the field of electronic research. Tomás became a professor at MIT at the age of 28 and founded the Graphene Device Center. He is also the first director of the 2D Systems Office and currently leads a research team of 20 people. In addition, Tomás has also achieved great success in the field of marketing. He founded and operates a network technology company (Cambridge Electronics), which mainly sells various high-tech electronic products made of gallium nitride. These products have won more than twenty awards in the United States.
However, Tomás's achievements do not stop there. For example, he has also made significant contributions in the field of nanotechnology. On the other hand, he has successfully applied high-frequency currents to the production of special semiconductor materials (mainly Group III-A nitrides), as well as research on the high-energy synthesis of various two-dimensional crystals, such as graphite and molybdenum disulfide.
President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and engineer Elías Fereres said: "This year's Young Inventors Competition is the fourth edition, and we hope that more young people will participate in this competition in the future. The primary purpose of this competition is to inspire these young people and provide momentum for their research, so that they can unleash their deepest potential. This competition has become a future goal for many young engineers and, to some extent, has improved their values. This is a very meaningful thing because the scientific research level of these young people represents the scientific research level of the entire Spain, and a high level of scientific research capability is undoubtedly an important indicator of whether a country is strong or not. Now what we need to do is to try our best to maintain this positive trend."
