The announcement of the name of Dimitris Hatzis at the end of the events of the 5th Festival of Industrial Informatics (co-organized in Kavala by the Technological Research Center AMTH and the TEI AMTH) to receive the 2nd prize of this year's event, probably brought embarrassment to the audience. of the exhibition center "Apostolos Mardyris" in Nea Karvali. An embarrassment, which then gave way to admiration and prolonged applause.
It could not be otherwise, since Dimitris Hatzis is just 14 years old, a student in the third grade of the 6 Gymnasium of Kavala. Dimitris dealt with robotics for the first time at age 11 and only three years later managed to design and manufacture a home printer on his own (3D) of three-dimensional objects, winning praise and 2's 5 Prize in the Industrial Informatics Festival.
Ο μικρός επιστήμονας δέχθηκε έναν καταιγισμό συγχαρητηρίων για τη διάκριση που πήρε αλλά κυρίως για το γεγονός ότι αποτελεί λαμπρό παράδειγμα υπομονής, επιμονής, θέλησης, ευφυΐας αλλά και μέτρου. Πολύτιμος assistant και συμπαραστάτης ο πατέρας του, Γιώργος Χατζής, δεν έκρυβε τη χαρά και την ικανοποίησή του για τα επιτεύγματα του γιου του.
One day after the Festivals, APE-MPA met Dimitris at a time that would allow him to have completed the next day school lessons, and not to lose the training in his favorite sport, football.
He said it took him a year to design, design and build the home 1000D printer to participate in this year's Industrial Informatics Festival. He revealed to us, however, that his original idea was to create a bionic hand that would be an extension of his own hand. But when he browsed the internet and realized that the purchase of materials was close to 500 euros, he ended up with the printer, the cost of which was XNUMX euros. The whole amount came from the savings he made in the pocket money given to him by his parents and the money he collected during the holidays from friendly people.
Η προσπάθεια περιγραφής του έργου του Δημήτρη ωχριά μπροστά στην εικόνα ένα μηχανήματος που εκτυπώνει – κατασκευάζει χρηστικά αντικείμενα που υπάρχουν σε κάθε σπίτι. Ο ίδιος μας εξηγεί ότι “η τρισδιάστατη εκτύπωση (3D printing) είναι μια μέθοδος προσθετικής κατασκευής, στην οποία κατασκευάζονται αντικείμενα μέσω της διαδοχικής πρόσθεσης επάλληλων στρώσεων υλικού. Στην τρισδιάστατη εκτύπωση μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν διάφοροι τύποι υλικού, κυρίως όμως πολυμερή (είδος πλαστικής ύλης), που έχουν τη δυνατότητα να εκτυπώνουν models ή εξαρτήματα με διαφορετικές μηχανικές και φυσικές ιδιότητες. Μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον, σήμερα, παρουσιάζει η εξέλιξη των οικιακών εκτυπωτών 3D και κυρίως ο RepRap, που είναι ο πρώτος εκτυπωτής που μπορεί να εκτυπώσει τα κομμάτια που τον αποτελούν και έτσι να αναπαραχθεί”.
The important thing in this effort is that Dimitris made all the parts that make up his printer and adapted the necessary software, after many hours of work, many failed attempts but also disappointment, when he found that with the push of a button the printer it simply gave him "hairs" of plastic and not the result he sought. Then he realized that the software needed more improvement and he insisted a lot, so that the result would finally justify him and make - thus print his first object, which was a spoon.
His interest in robotics was sparked by a science fiction movie he watched with his father when he was in sixth grade. In that movie the robots had engaged in a wrestling match. When Dimitris turned to his father and asked him if they could actually create robots that fight, he replied: "we can try to deal with it". Thus began the great effort of search and creation. However, his first experiments were definitely not with robots, but focused on his attempt to automate the lighting of an LED.
His father's professional status, who works as an electrical engineer at DEVA Kavala, helped him to understand many aspects of scientific research. The constant encouragement of his mother, who works as a teacher of German literature in the secondary school education, led him to attend robotics seminars and participate in exhibitions such as the Industrial Informatics Festival. Both his parents gave the 14-year-old Dimitris the resources to not give up his efforts and live his little dream.
Speaking to APE – BE, he argued that robotics is probably an unusual hobby for children his age, but he insists on it. The knowledge he has gained from his work to date has helped him to search through Facebook for people older than him, such as students and professionals, who have the same concerns in order to exchange thoughts and ideas. He admitted, however, that the first time he started talking to robotics students, they thought he was joking, realizing that he was an 11-year-old child.
At school, in the computer lesson, the teacher laughs rather uneasily when Dimitris knows something much more than the needs of a high school children's lesson. At the Industrial Informatics Festival, both his teacher and his classmates visited the school with many photographs and uploaded Facebook with flattering words about his achievements.
14-old Dimitris realizes that at this stage of his life robotics is a very beautiful and creative hobby, but it is not enough for him to stay there. He intends to leave for studies in Germany at a large university with specialized departments of nanotechnology and robotics. The close family ties that her mother has in Germany and the German language he has long since started to be his first big episodes.
Στην εποχή της κρίσης, ο Δημήτρης νιώθει πως είναι μάλλον προνομιούχος που μπορεί να θέτει στόχους για επαγγελματική σταδιοδρομία κάπου στο εξωτερικό και δυστυχώς όχι στην Greece, όπως λέει. Δεν χαίρεται που θα αναγκαστεί να την εγκαταλείψει και το παράπονό του είναι που “στην Ελλάδα δεν υπάρχει κάτι αντίστοιχο και αυτό που υπάρχει σε επίπεδο τριτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης χρήζει ακόμα μεγάλης βελτίωσης”.
He sees the future of somewhere outside Greece working on the object he loves and his creations to aim at improving the quality of life of modern people. Indeed, he does not conceal his desire to progress and succeed in his life so that he can help in the future as his family can.
His next goal is to participate in the 6 Industrial Informatics Festival and already has in mind a project that started working but he does not want to reveal it. The only sure thing is that you will need a larger room!
The "identity" of the Industrial Informatics Festival
More than 3000 high school and lyceum students from the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region visited this year's Industrial Informatics Festival attended by a total of 47 schools with a total of 42 exhibits. The Festival is organized every year by the AMG Technological Research Center, TEI AMG. with the support of the Kavala Chamber, the AMT Region and the Municipality of Kavala.
As explained by Professor Dimitris Pogaridis, the Center's Director, Professor Dimitris Pogaridis, is a festival of new technologies that aims to highlight the dynamics of industrial information and its important effects on social, economic and cultural life.
"The approach to such a serious issue", continues Mr. Pogaridis, "must have multifaceted characteristics in order to bring people of different ages, educational levels and technological perceptions together in a festival space. The development of such an action enables everyone to understand the digital divide, to get to know new practices and functional applications of high-tech products in order to alleviate technophobia".
Κάθε χρόνο, το φεστιβάλ διαθέτει ένα ιδιαίτερο program δράσεων, με στόχο να προσφέρει ερεθίσματα στους μαθητές γυμνασίων και λυκείων, να αναδείξει καινοτόμες πρακτικές από τον ελλαδικό χώρο, να προσφέρει τη δυνατότητα στους φοιτητές να παρουσιάσουν τις εργασίες τους και στους ανθρώπους της παραγωγής να δουν καινοτόμες προτάσεις και όλα αυτά σε συνδυασμό με ποικίλες πολιτιστικές δράσεις κατά τη διάρκεια του Φεστιβάλ.
This year's award of the Center for Technological Research for the best work was given to the students of TEI AMTH Panagiotis Rizo and Nikoleta Michailidou for their work entitled "Smart Torpedo ST14 (Smart Torpedo 2014)". It is a model of automatic and wired torpedo-type anti-submarine weapon, which has a smaller torpedo, capable of disorienting and hitting an enemy defense system.
Source: kathimerini.gr
