University of the Algarve shows technological inventions at Makers Faire Lisbon – South Information

The University of the Algarve, through various projects carried out by students and researchers, is present in the second edition of the Makers Faire Lisbon , which begins this afternoon and lasts until Sunday at the Knowledge Pavilion, in Nations Park, in Lisbon.

In the event, which aims to show creative inventions, UAlg “will be represented twenty-six projects for a total of one hundred, developed by students and researchers from such diverse fields such as electrical engineering and . Electronics, Computer Engineering, Education and Communication, Marine Sciences and Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering “

According to the University of the Algarve, the inventions are several:” 3D printers a wide range of camera, fitted gloves gyroscopes for reading gestures, cutting machines controlled by computer, technology used for propulsion of spacecraft, a geodesic dome, a motorized system of tracking low-orbiting satellites, are some of the projects that makers the UAlg will show and publicize this initiative. “

Makers Faire Lisbon aims, according to UAlg, the” help makers to disclose their projects, explain how they work and even provide all information so that ordinary people can to replicate. “

In the opinion of Jorge Semião, professor of the Institute Superior Engineering (ISE) of UAlg, this is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate “the potential technologies and existing engineering within the bosom of UAlg, both quantitatively as qualitatively.”

Most of the twenty-six Algarve projects are developed within the bosom of UAlg, specifically in eLab Hackerspace a prototyping lab, digital manufacturing and knowledge sharing, based in the School of Engineering (ISE), Campus da Penha.

This lab, which emerged in 2011 after the transformation of the core of students from Engineering Electrical and Electronics, has earned two awards national and three international, and was one of thirty-two hackerspaces the world to be awarded by one of the best 3D printers on the market. He is currently the hackerspace oldest within a higher education institution.

Last year, several researchers UAlg participated in the Mini Maker Faire Also in Lisbon, bringing to the Algarve two awards:. one for a high voltage transformer which produces visible lightning bolts and another by the number of projects submitted and the contribution to the event’s curators team