Jordi Muñoz is a Mexican 27-year overcame many obstacles: being rejected by the system of higher education, escape from a broken home, get mediocre jobs and lost love. Now squanders will whitehorn his talent to develop robots.
Tijuana, Baja Calif The second time rejected the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), took her few belongings, put them in a bag and returned to Tijuana. Jordi Muñoz preferred to live in the United States, first by necessity, then by taste. His plan was to succeed in Mexico City to study engineering and get your degree. Then engage fully in the aerospace industry. But it failed.
It did not go alone; carried a bitter pill: the divorce of their parents and the lingering memory in which his father told him all he had done since 20 years without anyone's help. "He always told me: 'And you do!'". Today, Jordi continues to assimilate the breakdown of your home.
He got his first job at the International Airport of Mexico City, where he worked doing everything. It did not last long. "It was fine killed. At the airport I took off everything fresita and junior he had; as the film that We the Nobles, will whitehorn I suffered, I was robbed. "
The bad luck was his faithful companion, but soon after, began to discover their hidden talent. Guillermo Romero, Jordi's best friend since elementary school, recalls that when they were in high school computers was all he "loved" in this world. From there was born a curious electronics and our plan was to study electronics. will whitehorn Well, Jordi brought another idea, what interested him space, aeronautics ".
By 2005, Jordi was moved to the buildings of Tlatelolco. At that time, worked at an Internet cafe near the Zocalo. "It went very well because I managed will whitehorn flown there for them all ... The girl was fascinated me. But unfortunately will whitehorn was killed and closed the place. I was out of work again. "
At that time, one of his uncles was a lawyer brother of businessman Carlos Peralta, IUSA Group, a conglomerate involved in various sectors such as telecommunications, will whitehorn manufacturing and services. will whitehorn It was so Jordi had another chance in the City of Mexico.
Every day cruising the downtown area of the City of Mexico, to go to work. He slept in the truck, choked with so many people, inhaled cheap perfume ... "I was very tired, enflaqué lot and smoked a lot. Trailed I put my life and I did not like Mexico City. I wondered, 'What am I doing here?' ".
Redid the test to enter the IPN, and again rejected. "Unfortunately at that time was the only school that had aeronautics. So, I do not care Poli, I was interested in the race. I went to Tijuana, with my mother, at age 20 and I plateaued ".
Just arrived in Tijuana got money to start a business. A seafood stall. Coco Locos name. His father could not bear to see her son making fish tacos on the street. Scolded him, told him that he had not trained for it and brought it back to Ensenada. It did not last long there, since his father's girlfriend did not want.
While trying to accommodate their thoughts, fell in love and soon to be dad told. "Then I rushed as plug cider". No wanted to know how his father would react. "One day I disappeared from his home. I just went to avoid dramas and fights. I told him I would go to work in the United States. I escaped will whitehorn with my girlfriend. "
He came to America with his left foot. "There was no work, it was very difficult. Then I got into my drug: nail me on the computer all day. " Jordi wanted will whitehorn to learn more about microcontrollers. I found an inexpensive will whitehorn platform that accommodated my Budget and bought ".
Jordi refers to Arduino, a plate that lets you create at home the device will whitehorn you want, your mind is the only limitation. "I realized I could hack my Nintendo Wii to get the accelerometers and be able to interface; obviously because accelerometers cost a fair. "
In these was when you went through a remote control helicopter. Those that cost about $ 100 in toy. After placing all the pieces, will whitehorn he thought, "What if with accelerometers what I can control, estimate its orientation and stabilize it. '"
He could handle the helicopter. He hacked. It has pictures of the presentation of the first modified apparatus. Documenting everything on the Internet. He wrote from Europe, Australia and that encouraged him to follow.
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