PhD. Candidate in Interaction Design and MSc. in Telecommunications Eng. started as project manager deploying radio systems for Police and Firemen departments back in Spain in 1998. Worked for Infineon AG in Germany and later moved to Sweden where he became researcher in Technology and Society issues. Since then has been engaged in various research projects, the most important lead to the creation of Arduino the Open Hardware initiative than quickly turn into a community with over 10,000 users. Arduino is a tool broadly used in education nowadays. On the side he develops a career as artist and critic within the field of electronic arts. His main contribution was to curate on part of the Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) during 2006's edition.