Dr Lorenzo Garcia
@lorenzogarcia.bsky.social
bioMechanical design lab www.biomd.org | notes to deconstruct the past and present for a better future
Walking Into a New Era of Soft Exoskeletons for Children With Cerebral Palsy? ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...
September 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Walking Into a New Era of Soft Exoskeletons for Children With Cerebral Palsy? ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...
Videos make learning difficult
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Kurzvideos erschweren das Lernen
Kurze Lernvideos auf Social Media erzielen täglich Millionen Klicks. In zwei Studien der TU Braunschweig ist jetzt der Lerneffekt dieser Erklärvideos getestet worden - das Ergebnis ist ernüchternd. Vo...
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June 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Videos make learning difficult
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Celebrations today. Thank you for the gifts!
May 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Celebrations today. Thank you for the gifts!
“Progres sometimes means stepping sideways before you move forward.”
May 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“Progres sometimes means stepping sideways before you move forward.”
Interesting and scaring…
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May 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Interesting and scaring…
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'What we are sacrificing is depth in all sorts of dimensions.
Depth takes time. And depth takes reflection. If you have to keep up with everything and send emails all the time, there's no time to reach depth.´
Depth takes time. And depth takes reflection. If you have to keep up with everything and send emails all the time, there's no time to reach depth.´
April 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
'What we are sacrificing is depth in all sorts of dimensions.
Depth takes time. And depth takes reflection. If you have to keep up with everything and send emails all the time, there's no time to reach depth.´
Depth takes time. And depth takes reflection. If you have to keep up with everything and send emails all the time, there's no time to reach depth.´
One of the best gifts is when Alumni you have supervised becomes colleagues and friends. Thank you for the visit!
April 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One of the best gifts is when Alumni you have supervised becomes colleagues and friends. Thank you for the visit!
"I think it’s better to be a curious, competent intermediate than it is to be a genuine expert when it comes to recreational pursuits"
March 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"I think it’s better to be a curious, competent intermediate than it is to be a genuine expert when it comes to recreational pursuits"
A day in our BioMd Lab (www.biomd.org) ☺️
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A day in our BioMd Lab (www.biomd.org) ☺️
"The absence of conflict is not harmony, it's apathy"
[K.M. Eisenhardt et al., How management Teams Can Have a Good Fight, Harvard Business Review, 1997]
[K.M. Eisenhardt et al., How management Teams Can Have a Good Fight, Harvard Business Review, 1997]
February 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The absence of conflict is not harmony, it's apathy"
[K.M. Eisenhardt et al., How management Teams Can Have a Good Fight, Harvard Business Review, 1997]
[K.M. Eisenhardt et al., How management Teams Can Have a Good Fight, Harvard Business Review, 1997]
A reflection on performance, creativity, happiness and...accordions. Do you agree?
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A reflection on performance, creativity, happiness and...accordions. Do you agree?
YouTube video by Dr Lorenzo García
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January 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A reflection on performance, creativity, happiness and...accordions. Do you agree?
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Do students learn what industry needs?
Employers give more weight to professional or “soft” skills.
Surprise or not sursprise?
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Employers give more weight to professional or “soft” skills.
Surprise or not sursprise?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Journal of Engineering Education</em> | ASEE Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Engineering curricula are built around faculty and accreditors' perceptions of what knowledge, skills, and abilities graduates will need in engineering careers. However, the people making...
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January 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Do students learn what industry needs?
Employers give more weight to professional or “soft” skills.
Surprise or not sursprise?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Employers give more weight to professional or “soft” skills.
Surprise or not sursprise?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Perhaps a note of humility for everyone: "The collective intelligence of ants surpasses that of humans"
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Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans | PNAS
Biological ensembles use collective intelligence to tackle challenges together, but
suboptimal coordination can undermine the effectiveness of grou...
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January 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Perhaps a note of humility for everyone: "The collective intelligence of ants surpasses that of humans"
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
“We have to avoid a fracture in humanity, with some people being mentally augmented and others not” / Rafael Yuste, neuroscientist.
I wonder whether Prof. Yuste words could have even further implications/interpretations nowdays to reflect about.
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I wonder whether Prof. Yuste words could have even further implications/interpretations nowdays to reflect about.
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January 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“We have to avoid a fracture in humanity, with some people being mentally augmented and others not” / Rafael Yuste, neuroscientist.
I wonder whether Prof. Yuste words could have even further implications/interpretations nowdays to reflect about.
www.pressreader.com/spain/el-pai...
I wonder whether Prof. Yuste words could have even further implications/interpretations nowdays to reflect about.
www.pressreader.com/spain/el-pai...
Squid-inspired jet devices deliver drugs without a need for needles. An option to transform the management of chronic diseases and treatment experience.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cephalopod-inspired jetting devices for gastrointestinal drug delivery - Nature
Tethered or ingestible delivery systems that deliver liquid microjets in axial and radial directions can be used to deliver macromolecules to different parts of the gastrointestinal tract with good bi...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Squid-inspired jet devices deliver drugs without a need for needles. An option to transform the management of chronic diseases and treatment experience.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Helena has developed a love of sea turtles and ocean conservation. I am pleased that our work at BioDesign Hub / BioMd Lab inspired her dreams. Now, she is inspiring all of us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJV1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJV1...
Helena - Timatanga School - Small Acts Big Difference
YouTube video by Our Seas Our Future
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November 18, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Helena has developed a love of sea turtles and ocean conservation. I am pleased that our work at BioDesign Hub / BioMd Lab inspired her dreams. Now, she is inspiring all of us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJV1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJV1...
Developing instant detection systems with disease diagnostic capabilities holds immense importance for remote or resource-limited areas. This system looks promising: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Compact highly sensitive photothermal RT-LAMP chip for simultaneous multidisease detection
A photothermal compact chip capable of sample processing and amplification enables simultaneous detection of multiple diseases.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Developing instant detection systems with disease diagnostic capabilities holds immense importance for remote or resource-limited areas. This system looks promising: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Robotic exoskeleton adapts to changes in leg movements in real time. The devices can adapt in real time to support a vast range of human activities. Machine learning provides a way forward.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Robotic exoskeleton adapts to changes in leg movements in real time
Control system enables robot to support wide range of leg movements.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Robotic exoskeleton adapts to changes in leg movements in real time. The devices can adapt in real time to support a vast range of human activities. Machine learning provides a way forward.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Noise around? It seems already in 1831, Hegel pointed out “the inevitable distraction caused by the magnitude and multitude of contemporary interests” (which made difficult) “the dispassionate calm of a knowledge dedicated to thought alone.”
October 17, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Noise around? It seems already in 1831, Hegel pointed out “the inevitable distraction caused by the magnitude and multitude of contemporary interests” (which made difficult) “the dispassionate calm of a knowledge dedicated to thought alone.”
The work of a human being…? : “..is an activity of soul and actions accompanied by reason, the work of a serious man being to do these things well and nobly, and each thing is brought to completion well in accord with the virtue proper to it.” Aristotle / Ethics
October 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
The work of a human being…? : “..is an activity of soul and actions accompanied by reason, the work of a serious man being to do these things well and nobly, and each thing is brought to completion well in accord with the virtue proper to it.” Aristotle / Ethics
“Independence of mind requires sustained submission to authority” (Matthew B. Crawford)
October 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
“Independence of mind requires sustained submission to authority” (Matthew B. Crawford)
Internet Pollution? Some data I found about #digitalpollution #internetpollution
Send an email: An email with an attachment file is equivalent to leave a light on for 24 hours. (French Environment Agency, 2017)
Send an email: An email with an attachment file is equivalent to leave a light on for 24 hours. (French Environment Agency, 2017)
July 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Internet Pollution? Some data I found about #digitalpollution #internetpollution
Send an email: An email with an attachment file is equivalent to leave a light on for 24 hours. (French Environment Agency, 2017)
Send an email: An email with an attachment file is equivalent to leave a light on for 24 hours. (French Environment Agency, 2017)
An active transfemoral prosthesis that incorporates underactuation using a single power actuator near the knee joint and linked to a differential mechanism showed promise in mimicking natural movement and advancing prosthetic technologies.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
An Underactuated Active Transfemoral Prosthesis With Series Elastic Actuators Enables Multiple Locomotion Tasks
Robotic lower-limb prostheses have the power to revolutionize mobility by enhancing gait efficiency and facilitating movement. While several design approaches have been explored to create lightweight ...
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June 29, 2024 at 5:48 AM
An active transfemoral prosthesis that incorporates underactuation using a single power actuator near the knee joint and linked to a differential mechanism showed promise in mimicking natural movement and advancing prosthetic technologies.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
F. Nietzsche once said, "Life is the eternal recurrence of the same"... wondering now whether is not also an eternal refinement of the same...
June 21, 2024 at 12:58 PM
F. Nietzsche once said, "Life is the eternal recurrence of the same"... wondering now whether is not also an eternal refinement of the same...
We developed a proof of concept of artificial muscles for pedriatic rehabilitation. Well done Alberto.
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Paediatric ankle rehabilitation system based on twisted and coiled polymer actuators - IOPscience
Paediatric ankle rehabilitation system based on twisted and coiled polymer actuators, Alberto Gonzalez-Vazquez, Lorenzo Garcia, Jeff Kilby
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June 7, 2024 at 5:50 AM
We developed a proof of concept of artificial muscles for pedriatic rehabilitation. Well done Alberto.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...