"Nixi for Children" wins an Explorer Award

The “Nixi for Children” project, a virtual reality tool for reducing pre-operation anxiety for paediatric patients and their families, developed by Tomàs Lóbez, former student on the EINA Bachelor’s Degree in Design, has been awarded first prize at Explorer, Young People with Ideas, an entrepreneurship programme of Banc Santander aimed at helping get projects off the ground by driving their market launch.

"Nixi for Children", which began as the Final Degree Project by Tomàs Lóbez on the Bachelor’s Degree in Design, will travel to Silicon Valley in October to present the project, and will then take part in the national final to be held in Madrid with the winners from each centre.

Tomàs Lóbez and Nixi team Tomàs Lóbez and Nixi team