“Once it's done, it employs like a half dozen people. And these tech companies will likely bring in FOREIGNERS on some visa. They’re NOT going to hire from your local community.“
The gadget is commonly referred to as a "vein finder". It is designed to highlight veins
beneath the skin and display them clearly enough to guide a clinician during venipuncture
or IV placement. In the demo, the system projects the vein pattern onto the skin surface,
giving a real-time visual guide that can be used immediately without switching attention
to a separate screen.
Benjamin Choi used a cheap 3D printer, non-invasive EEG sensors (just forehead + earlobe), and ~23,000 lines of custom AI code to turn brain signals into actual arm movements — no surgery required. After 75+ design iterations the final version could grip and sort objects.Advanced clinical versions of this tech often cost $450k+ and need invasive implants. His project got him into the top 40 of the Regeneron Science Talent Search and later a Davidson Fellows award.
This robot is called Diden Spider.
It comes from a South Korean startup founded by former members of KAIST's lab that created the humanoid robot HUBO, and its legs are magnetic: it climbs vertical walls and the steel structures of shipyards.
Samsung Heavy Industries has already tested their robots for welding, and other Korean shipbuilding giants are working with them. Over there, they're short on welders.