Computers - Coding - Robotics in Chronological Order of Involvement :

1981 Math practice with the help of 'Little Professor' from Texas instruments, a clever training gadget beyond simple calculators.

1983 Gaming with multiple Nintendo Game & Watch gadgets

1985 Gaming with friend's Tomy Armatron Robotic Arm and Tomytronic 3D "VR" Game

1986 Basic Electricity Principles at school - Circuits - Resistances - Switches (DIY Completed Projects)

1986 Introduction to Home Computers (friend's Philips MSX)

1987 Home Computer Gaming (friend's Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC 464 & 6128, Amiga 500)

1988 My First Computer: ZX Spectrum +2 128k. Studied coding in BASIC - AppDev:Created numerous games and apps. Fundamental Machine Code Snippets (Completed Projects)

1989 Introduction to 8086 machine technology (friend's Amstrad PC 1512 and PPC512)

1989 First Synthesizer (Casiotone 660) - First encounter with MIDI Device technology

1990 Used Casio Watch with keypad calculator technology

1992 Haradjas Computer Studies : Studied Borland Turbo Basic, Turbo Pascal (Completed  2-yr Studies with Excellent)

1994 Used T602 Word Processor (czech word processor) at Charles University, Prague during medical studies

1995 Studied MS-Word '95 for all essays during medical studies

1995 Learned Web browsing with IE '95 using the first browsers like astavista or webcrawler

1996 PC HDD DOS partition, format and windows 95 installation experience

1997 Started using PDAs (friend's Palm Pilot, but also used emulation) for medical literature resources 

1997 Retro-arcade emulator and ROM collection (Project Completed)

1998 Studied Finale and Sibelius for MIDI apps

2000 Studied MS Access and its VBA potential (Visual Basic for Applications)

2001 Studied basic Autocad, 3D StudioMax, Bryce 3D and Maya

2001 Studied Ms Excel (+VBA modules).

2001 AppDev: FileMaker Pro Forms (Mac) for Ophthalmology Office (Project Completed)

2001 AppDev: Visual Basic 3D exercise app for children with strabismus (Project Completed)

2001 Teaching of MS-DOS QBasic and Visual Basic 6.0 for children (Project Completed)

2002 AppDev: MS Access Patient Database for Pediatric Surgery Clinic - MS Access (officially presented at the hospital stuff) - (Project Completed)

2003 AppDev: Patient Database for General Surgery Clinic -MS Access (Project Completed)

2003 Studied MS Powerpoint (+VBA modules)

2004 AppDev: Arterial Blood Gas & Acid-Base Balance Computer Interpretation - MS Access + VBA

2004 AppDev: ECG Interpratation Assistant - MS Access + VBA

2004 AppDev: Video and Music Archive - MS Access (Project Completed)

2004 AppDev: Anesthesiology Chart Database - MS Access - VBA automation (Project Completed)

2005 Studied Photoshop for picture editing.

2006 AppDev: Patient Database Design - Completed Project : Full Ophthalmology Office Database Suite (Project Completed)

2007 Introduction to Robotic Surgery. Da Vinci Robot. Overview of basic robotic principles and medical applications. Training in Grossetto, Sienna, Italy.

2007 Studied basic robotics programming : Robotic C, Python. Mindstorms. Completed projects: Mindstorm Rover (Project Completed)

2008 HardwareDev: Mindstorm daVinci surgical instrument autonomous controller - P.O.P.I robot (Project Completed)

2008 Augmented Reality Surgery : Merge efilm (and later OsiriX) DICOM Medical Image reconstructions (Project Completed)

2008 AppDev: Augmented Reality Surgery - Work with video mixer software for superimposing efilm 3D reconstructed DICOM anatomy images during surgery  (Project Completed)

2008 AppDev: Collaboration with professor K.Tzafestas (National Technical University of Athens) on his Subclavian Catheter Insertion Simulator project.

2009 Augmented Reality Surgery : Work with TILE-PRO video integration system. Connected laptop via DVI cable and used 3D anatomy models generated from OsiriX and angiography DICOM sets, to navigate during surgery (Project Completed)

2009 Studied SQL, basic network skills

2009 AppDev: Surgical Research Paper Writing Assistant (Ms Access + VBA)

2009 Studied HTML Basics. Scripts. Web Page design basics. Joomla. Drupal. Wordpress.

2009 Collaboration and Brainstorming Sessions with G.Moustris and K.Deliparaschos (National Technical University of Athens) on robotic autonomy - Published paper has yielded our highest citation numbers  (Complete Project)

2010 Augmented Reality Surgery : San Diego - International Robotic Surgery Meeting (MIRA) : presentation of Intraoperational Navigation by 3D reconstructed models from Osirix and angiography DICOM sets, incorporated in the daVinci robotic system via TILE PRO (Project Completed)

2010 Studied basic iOS apps development platforms

2010 Reviewed basic theory on Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Pattern and Gesture Recognition based on presented works of J.Ballantyne

2010 Collaborated with Professor D.Koutsouris (National Technical University of Athens), on augmented reality and intraoperational navigation for safer pancreatic surgery (Polytechnical School of Athens). Paper Safer Pancreatic Surgery (Appendix I : Pancreatic Oncologic Surgery and Navigation) was a small or medium-scale focused research project (STREP) proposal ICT Call 4 FP7-ICT-2009-4 in collaboration with Fraunhofer IGD, Imperial College London, University of Patras, University of Bern, Universitätsklinik Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Athens Medical Center, Inselspital Bern, BK Medical  (Complete Project)

2010 Related to previous project - Session in Bern with professor Georgios Sakkas and his team from Fraunhofer IGD University (Matthias Keil). Brainstorming and design of novel intraoperative guidance technology for robotic pancreatic surgery.

2011 Publication : Moustris GP, Hiridis SC, Deliparaschos KM, Konstantinidis KM. Evolution of autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic surgical systems: a review of the literature.Int J Med Robot. 2011 Dec;7(4):375-92. doi: 10.1002/rcs.408. Epub 2011 Aug 3.Source. Department of Signals, Control and Robotics, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

2011 AppDev: Patient Database Fully Redesigned (Access and Visual Basic) for General Surgeons  (Project Completed)

2011 AppDev: Surgical Checklist Database Design in MS Access. Presentation in Milan, EAES International Congress of Laparoscopic Surgery  (Project Completed)

2012 Studied Power Director for surgical video editing. 

2012 Studied SPSS for medical research statistics.

2012 Studied Cubase, built VST and MIDI app collection.

2012 Updated with advances in imaging technology from Professor E. Georgiou, director of surgical simulation center (during Master in Surgical Oncology, Uinversity of Athens)

2013 Invited Lecturer : The Future of Robotic Surgery. 19th Scientific Congress of Hellenic Medical Students (ESFIE) and 7th International Forum of Hellenic Medical Students and Young Doctors, Patra, Greece; 04/2013

2013 AppDev: Laboratory Log Book (Experimental Surgery Recordings) - MS Access + VBA (Completed Project) --> Stored basic material for my PhD title in Metabolic Surgery.

2013 Studied Arduino Uno, Leonardo, Mega, Mega Pi circuit setup and coding.

2014 Studied Raspberry Pi (3, 4B, Zero) - circuit setup and coding.

2014 Hardware Dev : Raspberry Pi Rover (Project Completed)

2014 Invited Lecturer : Future of Robotic Surgery. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Student Chapter - "Week of Robotics", National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens

2015 Hardware Dev: Joystick control of robotic servos using Python and arduino (Project Completed)

2015 Studied basic Android app development.

2016 Invited Lecturer: Robotic applications in Surgical Technology. IEEE, NTUA EMB Chapter, Technical University of Athens, Greece

2017 Hardware Dev - Surgical MEMS - Theoretical session with students from Technical School of Thessaloniki - Brainstorming & design of a remotely controlled tiny surgical instruments for gasless laparoscopy.

2017 Hardware Dev - Mindstorm Large Robotic Arm (Project Completed)

2018 Hardware Dev - Arduino XY Plotter - Makeblock (Project Completed)

2018 Publication : Hirides S and Hirides P. Surgery 4.0 vs. 4th Generation Robots: Clash of the Titans in the Near Future of Robotic Surgery. Int J Surg OpenAccess. 2018; 1:108.

2018 Retro-arcade PCB collection. Basic Electronics Lab Skills - troubleshooting and soldering skills (Project Completed)

2018 Scratch Programming for kids (Project Completed)

2019 Hardware Dev : Arduino Medium-Sized Aluminium Robotic Arm (Project Completed)

2019 Hardware Dev: Arduino XY Laser Engraver - Makeblock (Project Completed)

2019 ZX Spectrum Next PCb KS1 - MODS for housing in a Spectrum Plus Case (Project Completed)

2019 AppDev: MS Access Jazz Theory --> Self-teaching App for practicing chords, scales and harmony, including a mini midi piano (Project Completed)

2019 Retro Home Computer Collection (MSX, MSX2, ZX Spectrum +2,+2B,+3, Sinclair QL, Amstrad CPC464, 6128 PPC512, C64 Breadbin, C64C, Amiga 500,600,1200) (Project Completed)

2020 Studied Visual C++ Database Design using Visual Studio 2019 (and 2010 for compatibility issues)

2020 Re-ZX Spectrum 48k (Harlequin) - housing in an old 48k case (Project Completed)

2020 Retro-computer hacks : ZX Spectrum WiFi enabled Spectranet (Project Completed)

2020 Retro-computer hacks : DIY DDI cable for Amstrad CPC 464 (Project Completed)

2020 Retro-computer hacks : Amstrad PPC 512 monitor upgrade (Project Completed)

2020 Studied Javascript Basics

2020 Retro-Console Collection (PS1,PS2,PS3,PS4, SNES, Switch,Dreamcast, Master System, Mega Drive)

2020 AppDev: MS Access Chess

2020 Evaluated basic drone apps for android

2020 AppDev: MS Access Math Self Teaching App for Children (Project Completed)

2020 AppDev: MS Access English Vocabulary Self Teaching App for Children (Project Completed)

2020 AppDev: MS Access PubMed Grabber : auto-downloader of medical papers on specific topic (Project Completed)

2020 Hardware Dev: Arduino Small Robotic Arm with electronic Water Pump Control (Project Completed)

2020 Hardware Dev: Mindstorm Piston Simulator (Project Completed)

2021 Retro-computer hacks : DIY MSX PSU construction (Project Completed)

2021 Retro-computer hacks : A500, A600, A1200 AMIGA upgrades, including A500/600 pistorm installation (Project Completed)

2021 Retro-computer hacks: piMIGA construction in original A1200 case (Project Completed)

2022 AppDev: MS Access History Self Teaching App for children (Project Completed)

2022 AppDev: MS Access Solitaire

2022 Retro-computer hacks: A1200 PiStorm accelerator construction (Project Completed)

2022 Studied basics in alternative energy sources : wind, solar and hydro-electric generation of energy

2022 Hardware Dev: Successfull Hybrid Wind+Solar PV system installation (Project Completed)

2023 Hardware Dev: Re- Fluke 9010A Retro Diagnostic Platform DIY board

2023 Introduced to aviation basics through Microsoft Flight Simulator 2023, with full controls and DIY SONY PS VR hack for full 3D experience (project completed) 

2023 AI (CHATGPT) applications in medicine and surgery

2023 Reviewed Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC and Assembly Programming for Z80

2023 Windows for Spectrum Next with Mouse Capability (Work in progress)

2023 Fundamental Z80 Assembly Coding in Visual Studio Code 2023

2024 Fundamentals of Arduino & ESP8266 C++ coding - App: SD TO LCD with Greek Font Extension (Project Completed)