This journey started several years ago when I decided to enjoy the Medical Engineering course at the University of Rome Tor Vegata. More concretely, it started several months ago, moving to Stockholm and starting my traineeship at KTH as described in the previous chapter of this diary. Now, the end has come with my master’s graduation with a 110 cum...
Read moreI am starting an internship at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, for a master’s thesis in biomechanics. KTH KTH (in swedish, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) know as Royal Institute of Technology is a public research university in Stockholm, in Sweden. It currently carries out research in engineering and technology. It is the largest technical university in Sweden...
Read moreThe introduction of CFD in the design and re-design phases of hospital environments allows us to estimate air speed, temperature and track the spread of pollutants / pathogens. In particular, it is possible to use these tools to optimize the layout of hospital instrumentation for hybrid ventilated operating rooms according to the ISO 5 standard, in order to maximize their...
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Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a manufacturing process that involves building three-dimensional objects by adding material layer by layer. It is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, where the material is removed from a solid block to create a desired shape. 3D printing is a general term that encompasses a wide range of additive manufacturing technologies. It refers Read more…
After several years of testing different devices and software for the smart home, I found the definitive solution: Home Assistant. It is an open-source home automation platform that allows you to control and monitor various devices and services within your home. It serves as a centralized hub that connects and integrates different smart devices, systems, and services, enabling you to Read more…
Due to an investigation on thermal systems, for another project, I needed to read a signal that controls a water pump in order to detect how much power was effectively used as well as the real flow based on different pump curves depending on different power percentages. After several research with the technical schema of the control unit that regulates Read more…
Building a home network lab is a fantastic way to gain hands-on experience with various technologies, test configurations, and explore new concepts. However, setting up a physical lab with multiple machines can be cumbersome, expensive, and space-consuming. This is where Docker, a popular containerization platform, comes to the rescue. By utilizing Docker in your home network lab, you can streamline Read more…
Computer graphics plays an important role in biomedical engineering by providing a visual representation of problems and solutions. It helps in many ways by providing a graphics instrument to share information with other fields such as science and medicine using one of our most developed senses. When designing medical devices, computer graphics enable engineers to create 3D models and prototypes Read more…
Everything started with the changing of the ISP router to a smarter one. Then some small updates of the network devices such as switches and access points. And now I want to give my home networks core a more professional look as a home network lab. LAN Architecture A local Area Network, often named simply LAN, represents an interconnection between Read more…
Several days ago I bought my first mechanical keyboard. There are several good keyboards on the market but if you write a lot you may need a mechanical one. Average typists write up to 60 words per minute, more or less 300 keys per minute, so keyboards should be stable and durable. Also, tactile feedback is very important from an Read more…
The first mods that are made on a motorcycle are the change of turn indicators. It’s often a painless step and you just need to follow the seller’s instructions. Sometimes, however, the biker is not a motorcycle expert and he can run into problems. This article describes how I designed a small circuit to adapt the flashing signal to a Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with December. You can also read the previous article of November here. Week 13 Today is November 30th, and another month is ended. The daylight starts to be Read more…
I started working as Bioengineering Application Developer for Mathematica in the Wolfram company. Several weeks ago I was contacted by the Numerical Computation group of Wolfram offering me a fixsed term internship to work on computational models for biological tissues. It is a division of the Research and Development department and my position is about finite element modeling (FEM) applied Read more…
I have just described in some previous articles how I have improved my Obsidian setup. Now, I want more. Actually, I can log almost everything in my life into Obsidian, except for workouts and expenses. Both are logged into a spreadsheet with Google Sheets. There doesn’t seem to be an automatic way to import the data so I want to Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with November. You can also read the previous article of October here. Week 9 October 31st, today is Halloween. It’s not such a heartfelt party here, neither for Read more…
I have just completed the CS50 course named “CS50x – CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science” from Harvard held on the edX online platform. edX edX is an online course provider created by Harvard and MIT. It hosts several courses at a level like a university for a wide range of disciplines. They follow a precise approach for teaching: The general Read more…
I just finished the beginner course “Conversational Swedish” on the online platform Udemy to improve the Swedish language. The course allowed me to understand some phrases and how to behave, on a linguistic level, in some of the most common situations during a stay in Sweden. Swedish The Swedish language ( Svenska ) is a North Germanic language. It is Read more…