General

Edition

DemoDay 2017


ECAL, EPFL, UNIL

August 25, 2017

Come see us during our DemoDay 2017 taking place at EPFL on the 27th of September.

Student innovation from Lausanne to China


Media

October 24, 2016

Read the full post by Sarah Bourquenoud (EPFL/Mediacom) here. [caption id="attachment_3106" align="aligncenter" width="983"] Tikku team on EPFL's homepage[/caption]

Discover the CHIC 2016 movie


Media

October 12, 2016

Thanks to the generous support of the Canton de Vaud (DGES), Maxime Descloux and Céline Dondénaz (from ecal's movie department) have followed one CHIC team during an entire edition of [...]

Join us for the CHIC 2016 DemoDays


Aimo, Lunchbox, Media, Okeep, Presentation, Tikku

September 14, 2016

CHIC 2016 is almost over but you have one last chance (actually two…) to catch up with us and discover what the 4 teams have achieved during this second edition. [...]

Day 8 – Let there be light!


Aimo

July 27, 2016

After a delicious breakfast, all the 4 teams met in the lobby of the hotel to discuss with our supervisors the next steps of the projects. We decided to start [...]

Day 4 – HKSTP and a view!


Aimo

July 25, 2016

All teams worked hard last night (or early in the morning) to prepare the pitching session of the day, this one for investors-oriented people at the Science & Technology Park. [...]

2nd Day – First Pitches in Hong Kong !!


Hibachi

July 13, 2016

Jet Lag + Heavy Load + Super Gains (+ junk food) = 1st day in Hong Kong This is a heavy day starting with heavy rains but without enough sleep. Most of [...]

1st day – Take off your mind


Okeep

July 12, 2016

Monday morning, the alarm rings (like the onions) , let’s pack and meet everybody at 9 am sharp in BC 410. Well… not so sharp, it’s 9:15 and many people [...]

CHIC 2016 – 1st milestone


Presentation

March 24, 2016

Really great presentations today by all the CHIC 2016 teams as part of the first milestone as well as great feedback from the supervisors who managed to drop by. A number [...]

Models & Diagrams


Okeep

March 7, 2016

Week 2 is now over  and it was a productive one ! Our team has mainly been discussing the different possibilities to power our device: dynamo, solar panel, or lithium [...]

The real start for Okeep


Okeep

February 28, 2016

Welcome to the page of our Okeep project, aimed at improving security for bikes. With the beginning of the new semester comes the real start of our project. Until now, [...]

CHIC 2016 Kick-off


February 21, 2016

All the teams gathered on Satruday at the EPFL+ecal Lab for the CHIC 2016 kick-off. We started by covering the (numerous) weekly deliverables and the 3 milestones scheduled during the [...]

CHIC 2016: THE selection!


October 18, 2015

And.... we have 6 selected projects. After intense discussions between the organisers and a selection of projects with high potential time has come for the CHIC "mercato". The 6 project [...]

CHIC 2016 IWE D2: Ideation


October 18, 2015

After a long day of learning, students are there Sunday morning ahead of time (!) to start with the ideation part. The session kicks off with Alex and a stellar [...]

CHIC 2016 IWE D1: Learning time


October 18, 2015

After the stellar launch at the EPFL+ECAL Lab, participants to the CHIC 2016 ideation week-end start a long day of learning punctuated by a couple of practical exercises. On the [...]

Day 14: Good bye Shenzhen!


July 22, 2015

  Probably no better picture to leave Shenzhen than a painting glimpsed in Seeed's new headquarters...

Day 12: The finishing line is approaching…


July 20, 2015

But we are not quite there yet it seems! Another full day in Shenzhen that started with a visit of one of the most exciting incubation space in the region: [...]

Day 10: Work @ Seeed Studio


July 18, 2015

Another busy day (Saturday) for all the teams. Some engineers went back to Seeed to keep the assembly process while the other team members either stayed at the hotel to [...]

Day 5: Seeedstudio and EPFL alumni meeting


July 13, 2015

First day at Seeedstudio. We finally all meet with Ivy who has been organising the whole trip on Seeedstudio's side. After a brief presentation of Seeed's activities, participants discover the [...]

Day 1: Hong Kong


Vesta

July 9, 2015

After a first night in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, we have spent a very busy day and a first experience with a so called Typhoon. We have [...]

CHIC 2015 – Presentations @ 2nd milestone


Presentation

May 1, 2015

May 1 The 2nd milestone of CHIC was held on labour day! The 3 teams presented their progress in front of their colleagues and experts from the different schools involved [...]

CHIC 2015 – Announcement of 2nd milestone


April 23, 2015

The second CHIC milestone will be held on May 1st (from noon to 2PM) at EPFL (CM 1100). Stay tuned to discover how the three teams have progressed on their [...]

CHIC 2015 – 1st milestone


Presentation

March 13, 2015

March 13 Today we had the first reunion of all the teams since the kick-off week-end. Each team had 15 minutes to present the progress of their project, including the [...]

La “Silver Economie”


Vesta

March 1, 2015

"La silver économie ou économie des séniors désigne l'ensemble des activités économiques liées au personnes âgées. Résultante de l'accroissement de l'espérance de vie, le développement de la silver économie est [...]

What would a nurse do?


February 24, 2015

After some interviews with nurses we now have a better understanding of what a baby needs and believe more than ever that our project can assist babies around the world in [...]

Baby experts


February 18, 2015

A nice side effect of the CHIC is that all of our group members will be great fathers/mothers after studying 24/7 what an innovative baby bottle is all about! ;)