México se encuentra inserto en el avance científico, tecnológico y de innovación para el desarrollo de proyectos que resuelven necesidades globales del sector educativo. Hidalgo no es la excepción, por lo que docentes y estudiantes de la Universidad Tecnológica de Tulancingo se han sumado a este esfuerzo con el propósito de fomentar el interés científico, tecnológico y de innovación de estudiantes de educación básica de la entidad y fortalecer el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de dicho nivel educativo. En este artículo se presenta la metodología de implementación y el método de desarrollo de prototipos y material didáctico de un enfoque novedoso basado en mecatrónica educativa para la educación básica secundaria de la entidad. Finalmente, se describen de manera cualitativa los resultados más significativos de la puesta en marcha de este enfoque de 2016 a la fecha en diversos escenarios, los cuales permiten determinar la factibilidad pedagógica y viabilidad tecnológica para su implementación a mayor escala en el estado.

Approximately 860 million people throughout the world currently live in extreme hunger and poverty due to income reductions, unemployment, and layoffs from the COVID-19 pandemic, all of which disproportionately affect disadvantaged homes (Unated Nations, 2022). One of the objectives of the World Bank (2022) for 2030 is to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. In Mexico, there are 55.7 million people in poverty, extreme poverty, high or very high marginalization, and vulnerable situations on account of lack of food, healthcare, housing, and employment (CONEVAL, 2020). However, there is no immediate solution to rid the world of poverty and food shortage. In this project, we propose to combat the issue of poverty and food inequality with a system for conserving food that takes advantage of the solar energy available in the most disadvantaged and marginalized regions. The solar dehydration used to naturally dry fruits, vegetables, and animal proteins after the harvest will contribute to the food supply, do no harm to the environment, and create an alternative job source.

The high consumption of natural non-renewable resources has caused an exponential increase in the greenhouse gases which provoke global warming and as a result, every country on the planet suffers environmental issues due to the excessive use of fossil fuels. There are several different sources of gas production, principally caused by human beings, however there is little to no interest in mitigating them. Global interest is instead currently focused on containing them via the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). In the Paris Agreement, participating countries have committed to keeping the rise of the mean global temperature below 2 °C and to limiting its increase to 1.5 °C. Latin America as a whole (and principally, Mexico) has committed to lowering greenhouse gases 25% by 2030 and 50% by 2050 (AZEL, 2018). To achieve this, it is necessary to contribute by applying clean energy alternatives. The current project proposes using bovine and swine organic wastes for the production of biogas and electric energy in 26 cities of high marginalization in Hidalgo, a state in Mexico which contributes to lowering environmental pollution, providing access to better services for raising the quality of life of its inhabitants, and minimizing the use of (therefore saving the money provided for) subsidies for conventional electric energy.