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Grandpa saw the carpenter working with his hands, use tools to achieve intended purpose: to create something.

Craftsman influence, now a student of Electrical Engineering and Automation arises UPCT create your own technology company.

José David Trapero facing the end of the race involved in a hobby turned into something more than that.

This student designs and manufactures from 3D printers to any kind of household furniture, through sophisticated engineering instruments as a CNC.

Some teachers and classmates are still surprising when it shows its progress on your own web page: artilugiosencasa.com.

- How does the hobby of creating machines and gadgets come from?

- Partly for the family.

There have always been artists and I came from there.

My grandfather was a carpenter and was always working with tools, manufactured objects and doing things with my hands.

And here comes my interest.

Since very little accompanying my grandfather, as it has always been my role model in life.

- From the fans came studies.

- That's right.

At 17 I started to work and study.

I started in Grade Middle, I auditioned access Advanced Level and then I got into Electronic Engineering and Automation UPCT.

- What does it mean for you to start studying in UPCT?

- All.

Studying at university I opened the whole world of technology, from motors, power electronics.

I started making simple machines, with woods and metals, and now I've gathered all these materials with electronic and automatic.

They -¿Coincidieron UPCT your beginnings in the birth of 'artilugiosencasa.com'?

- Yes. Companies in which it had been instilled in me the importance of documenting all my work, and as he had lots of pictures of all the machines that went by, I began to publish everything online.

- You know in UPCT your hobby?

- Most teachers and students do not know what I do.

Although some teachers ask me if I'm the artilugiosencasa.com.

I have not given much by the University, actually.

There are colleagues who sometimes come home, see what I do and help me do some other project, but only that.

- What do your peers think?

- Some see a waste of time.

Many have the priority to study to finish the race as quickly as possible and as engineers.

For them, doing what I do after class is not useful and think they already made once the race is over.

Source: UPCT