Lukashenko to Children's Technopark pupils: Create! If it’s useful for the country, we will support
On September 1st, the President of Belarus visited the educational laboratories of the National Children’s Technopark and promised support for young talents if their projects would benefit the country. Aleksandr Lukashenko visited the laboratories of aerospace technologies, electronics and communications, robotics, energy of the future.
The Head of State talked with the pupils, got acquainted with their projects with interest and stressed that all developments should be, first of all, practice-oriented, “Create, produce! If it is useful in life, in the country, we will support it.”
Alisa Murach, a pupils of secondary school No. 1 from Kostyukovichi, presented a system for remote monitoring of agricultural lands. She said that on the basis of information from drones, maps of fields and areas where fertilising or plant protection is needed will be drawn up. As an experienced farmer, the Belarusian leader immediately suggests testing the system in practice, “It is necessary to test it in some agricultural enterprise. Let them take their drones and look at the fields. Our soil fertility is different in Belarus, and where the fields have turned yellow, it is necessary to support and feed the plants. So take your devices, we will provide everything.”
In the laboratory of electronics and communications, Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the teacher and his students to test the production of communications equipment and identify the bottlenecks. This is also important for the national security of the state, taking into account the experience of the special military operation in Ukraine. The President noted that we need the most modern types of communication, adding that he was counting on the help of young scientists and their mentors in this issues.
A graduate of the technopark, and now a first-year student at BSUIR, Sergei Orsik, demonstrated to the Head of State his own system for recognising and tracking human emotional state – a truly priceless thing for psychologists and not only.
“For example, its use at enterprises will help prevent emotional burnout among employees while increasing their efficiency and productivity,” Sergei explains.
To make everything clearer, he immediately showed the development in action. It turns out that while the September 1st solemn assembly was going on, the system scanned and recorded the emotions of the youngsters during Aleksandr Lukashenko’s speech. Faces reflect a wide range of emotions: pride, happiness, interest, respect, surprise.
The Smart Glasses project by 11th grade pupil from Stolin Maksim Pupenko is applicable both for solving everyday problems and in a highly specialised format.
“The goal of my project is to create a device that can project information directly onto the lenses of glasses,” the pupil began to explain confidently. After a detailed report, he added, “I’m ready to answer any of your questions.”
“So far I’m afraid to even ask questions,” Aleksandr Lukashenko joked, heartily thanking the youngsters.
Entering the robotics lab, Aleksandr Lukashenko immediately asked, “What can your robots do?”
Timur Shleiko, a BSUIR student from Baranovichi, presented a prototype of an industrial system of quick-change grippers: a robotic arm with interchangeable nozzles. The goal is to study the possibility of creating a complex that will allow excluding human participation from the process of replacing nozzles.
“I’m afraid that you will exclude all people from the production process. What are we going to do with people?” Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out one of the most important problems related to the expansion of the AI use.
The young boy didn’t hesitate and replied, “A similar situation was at the dawn of the industrial revolution, when people were afraid of the introduction of machine tools that could take away their work. But many other professions associated with these machines have appeared nowadays.”
“Are you hinting that we’ll go to the Moon to work? This is also promising,” noted the Head of State.
“Mars is more promising,” Timur replied with a smile.
Further along the President’s route was the laboratory of the energy of the future. Here Eduard Avsyukevich, an 11th grade student from Slonim, surprised everyone, since his project involves the use of a solar collector with nanoparticles at a nuclear power plant, “We propose to use an additional circulation circuit, which will be heated by solar energy,” Eduard plunged into the technical details. “This will improve the economic parameters of the nuclear power plant and reduce its payback period.”
“It’s very interesting, if successful. Hurry up,” Aleksandr Lukashenko advised. “If you hurry in science and do it faster than others, the effect will be greater...”
The President highly appreciated the efforts of young nuclear scientists, “We really need you, and the sooner the better. I’m looking for employees all over the world for a nuclear power plant. We are ready to employ you: from ordinary operators to the director.”
“We’d like to ask you for a trip to the nuclear power plant,” the young people took the opportunity.
“It’s settled. You will go. When you decide, we will take you there,” Aleksandr Lukashenko promised without hesitation.
After that, the request to take a picture with the President sounded like a matter of course.
Other developments demonstrated to the Head of State included a highly effective carbon sorbent, a device for protecting speech information, and the use of flax production waste for energy purposes. The President was especially interested in the project of a first-year student of the Belarusian State Medical University Damir Ulosevich – biodegradable packaging for liquid food products. This is an innovative option to replace Tetra Pak with BelBioPak, which retains all the characteristics inherent in Tetra Pak: strength, water resistance, low oxygen permeability, and resistance to ultraviolet radiation.
“Minsk should tackle this,” Aleksandr Lukashenko addressed Chairman of the City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev, who was standing next to him and instructed Natalya Kochanova, as the authorised representative of the President for Minsk, to take control of the issue. “These are very necessary things. We will provide technical support.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko summed up the main result of his visit already at the exit from the technopark, addressing journalists, “You saw real advanced people whose eyes are just shining. The main thing is that this sparkle doesn’t disappear. And in order not to disappear, we must say yes or no to their projects. Everything is necessary.”
