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Lunchbox

July 19, 2016

This morning, our team split into three groups. One went to Huaqiangbei, one of the biggest electronics market in the world, to find some missing components such as the battery and [...]

Day 7, First day in Shenzhen!


Okeep

July 18, 2016

Finally, the first day of work is here, everyone is very excited to start implementing their prototypes. But first things first: we need a lot of strength to get through [...]

Hong-Kong and Shenzhen, Here we are!


Lunchbox

July 18, 2016

Hibachi team had arrived at Hong-Kong last week. It was intense! We pitched almost every day in front of different audiences: investors, companies, entrepreneurs, makers, students and other people. Our [...]

We are in CHINA!


Aimo

July 18, 2016

Hello everyone! We have arrived almost one week ago in China, already! We landed in Hong Kong last Tuesday night and have already done so much! It’s time for you [...]

Shenzen & Seeed Studio: Here we are !


Okeep

July 18, 2016

For the first day in Seeed Studio, we visited the place and started planning the week. It should be quit busy; Audrey and Patrick the engineers will work on the [...]

Seeedstudio – here we are!


Tikku

July 18, 2016

After some intense days in Hong Kong, pitching in front of investors and makers and visiting the HKUST, the Harbour, Panalpina and the Science Park, we finally arrived to Shenzhen, [...]

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 [...]

Sprint UI/UX


Aimo

June 10, 2016

During this sprint I implemented the design made by Lara Defayes, the media and interaction designer of the team. As you can see the UI design has rather well evolved. [caption [...]

Tikku first game


Tikku

June 7, 2016

We are back to present you our first game, developed by the engineering team! It's concept is similar to Guitar Hero game, but better adapted to a mobile game and [...]

Last milestone – done!


Tikku

May 28, 2016

Here we are! The last milestone has been passed and we are going towards the China trip! Lot of work is still remaining. The pricing and costing aspects still need [...]

Ta(l)king control


Hibachi

May 26, 2016

As the semester reaches to its end, the Hibachi is finally taking shape. After though some trouble with the experiment, it's finally solved! (Until the next problem) In contrary to [...]

Week 14 – Final week, final milestone


Okeep

May 24, 2016

This is it, we are heading to the final milestone ! The journey seems to end but it is in fact just beginning… We almost have a prototype for the [...]

A functionnal communication flow


Hibachi

May 20, 2016

Let's talk software and firmware, or how to make the link between them! As annonced during our last presentation, we chosed to use Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth Smarth to [...]

Week 11- Almost there !


Okeep

May 17, 2016

This is the last run before the final milestone next week ! An initial version of the electronics is here. So far one mistake has been found and solved, the [...]

Sticks Design


Tikku

May 8, 2016

One of the biggest parts of the work for the second milestone was the design of the sticks performed by Adrian. He has been working on colors and shapes according [...]

About electronics…


Aimo

May 7, 2016

Drumroll.... Our Aimo connected device starts to take shape in terms of electronics as well. We designed the first testing board using Altium Designer and we sent it to fabrication [...]

Milestone 2: Done!


Lunchbox

May 4, 2016

Last week, we were excited to present our progression to the CHIC Jury and to the rest of the audience. In only 15 minutes, we have to present one month of hard [...]

Positioning and gaming environment


Tikku

May 2, 2016

Difficult to believe, that only one milestone is left before going to China! We are so excited to be there although few time is left now to finish the work [...]

Week 10 – Positioning


Okeep

May 1, 2016

Milestone 2 went well but we are waiting for the feedbacks. We will keep you updated about that next week ! About the positioning here is where OKeep would be: [...]

Milestone 2 behind!


Aimo

May 1, 2016

Time is passing by so fast! Only one milestone left before we go to China! Let's look at what has been done on the business side during the last month. [...]

CHIC 2016 – 2nd milestone


Presentation

April 30, 2016

The second milestone (April 28) gave us a chance to see the great work put in by the four teams over the past 5 weeks. All teams managed to cover [...]

Hibachi is getting ready for MS2


Lunchbox

April 28, 2016

The second milestone presentation is this Friday and Hibachi team is getting ready for this important day. Weekly meeting at ecal with the Hibachi team The last few details have [...]

A new start with Hibachi


Hibachi

April 25, 2016

Since we started CHIC, my team and I all agreed on one common thing: Heaböx is not the name we have dreamt about to represent our lunchbox. So after brainstorming a [...]

Let’s talk software and firmware


Aimo

April 25, 2016

This awesome adventure is the opportunity for me to update my mobile app skills. A lot of new things have appeared and among them: Swift. The brand new language from Apple [...]

Tikku’s updates


Tikku

April 24, 2016

As the project starts to materialize into PCB's, foam prototypes, software design and scripts our team is facing challenges and limits of the ideas we have imagined. The decisions must [...]

Big shift !


Okeep

April 20, 2016

Yes it is a big shift for Okeep ! We had this meeting with our supervisors yesterday and their good advice made us take a big turn ! We are [...]

A word from our user experience designer


Aimo

April 19, 2016

Here comes the time to design the communication around Aimo. But before we begin, why Aimo? What does this name even mean? Our name comes from a french saint called [...]

Week 8


Tikku

April 18, 2016

The feedback for the first milestone is there, so this week is gonna be very important in the advancement of the project. A lot of ideas was proposed by the [...]

Week 8 – Be challenged and keep going !


Okeep

April 18, 2016

  We met this week and talked about the screen, LED, TFT ? Color or monochrome ? We encountered more issues, what about resistance (when falling), waterproof, etc… Many questions [...]

Tikku refueled


Tikku

April 16, 2016

Tikku is back after a long and pleasant vacation! We are refueled and ready to work harder! A break was all benefit, because we came up with new ideas and [...]

A small step closer to our first prototype !


Hibachi

April 11, 2016

One of our most important components is arrived! With the Silicone Rubber heater, we are now able to test our heating system. To check quickly the heating behaviour of the [...]

Week 7


Okeep

April 10, 2016

For a week holidays are over, we got back to work and from now, we won't change the core function of our product. It consists in 4 "parts"; 2 patches [...]

Here we are!


Aimo

April 7, 2016

After this long period of silence, I'm glad to announce you that the new version of Aimo is ready and the 3D printing is on-going ! The previous one helped [...]

First milestone: Survived


Lunchbox

April 3, 2016

Last week was a really excited and intense week. We had our first milestone and so presented our work to the jury, to the professors and to the other teams. It was a [...]

Milestone 1 behind!


Aimo

March 29, 2016

We hope everyone had a great Easter! We are happy to have survived the first milestone! For this step, which took place last Friday, we basically needed to present in [...]