General

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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 [...]

From the industrial designer point of view
Aimo

March 23, 2016

How do I design a connected mailbox locker? First of all, I need to understand perfectly the aim of the object that I want to design. This is really important! [...]

Getting out of the Building
Lunchbox

March 22, 2016

Last weeks, after having mapped our assumptions regarding our early adopters customers, we have decided to verify our hypothesis by meeting some of them face-to-face and by doing online surveys. [...]

Sketches and Design
Tikku

March 22, 2016

Some quick sketches and renderings, trying to find a shape for Tikku. The main challenge is finding a shape that is inspired from drum stick while still being different enough [...]

Week 5 – Soon 1st milestone
Okeep

March 22, 2016

On Thursday we have the 1st milestone, meaning that we would present the progress of OKeep. The journey so far is very exciting but not so easy ! Here are [...]

Vita in motu!
Tikku

March 18, 2016

It is time to talk about the "dark" engineering side of Tikku... Last Thursday the development kits arrived and Szabi - the electrical engineer started to code some of the [...]

A hard day’s work
Hibachi

March 17, 2016

Today was a working day for the Heaböx team. Most of us went to the maker space in the EPFL/ECAL lab at some point during the day, and even though [...]

Engineering, prototyping, components…
Aimo

March 16, 2016

In parallel with mechanics, our engineering team is also working on the development of the firmware and electronics, as we want to have a working prototype by the end of [...]

Fast, simple and cheap experiments
Lunchbox

March 15, 2016

In a first stage, we have decided to decrease our uncertainty as fast as possible by making small and quick bets, instead of investing time and efforts into scenarios' assumptions. [...]

Week 4 – Waze & more…
Okeep

March 15, 2016

The second version of the survey is almost done ! We are now trying to dertermine the price and verify if people are ok with dynamos. More interviews are in [...]

A week full of good results!
Tikku

March 13, 2016

It's Christmas!  The parcel containing the first order of electronic components arrived this week. The playground is open! We will stay close to you, to share the first issues. While [...]

Week 3 – OKeep goes green !
Okeep

March 11, 2016

Our connected device will be powered by a dynamo ! After considering using a solar panel (very bad idea in a city center with tall buildings), we decided to use [...]

Come on and let’s rotate Aimo!
Aimo

March 10, 2016

Yes, that's right, our first prototype is almost ready to be 3D printed ! Our (mechanical) engineers worked very hard to make the magic happen : For now, this is just the [...]

Slowed down by our heating constraints
Lunchbox

March 9, 2016

Regarding CHIC deliverables, our team is unfortunately slightly delayed. This holdup is due to one of our main challenges that disrupt all of us; the interdependence heating constraints that concerns all domains of [...]

Let’s talk business
Aimo

March 9, 2016

We are really progressing with our device Aimo and this is partly due to our (outstanding) organization, as you were able to see it in the last post. In addition [...]

Journey into our daily life
Aimo

March 8, 2016

The spirit of CHIC is not only about designing an innovative connected device, but also rushing to be able to do it right in a very short period of 6 [...]

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 [...]

Starting by coordinating and brainstorming
Lunchbox

March 3, 2016

As a first step, we need to structure and to coordinate our team in order to be as efficient as possible all along the conception. We have therefore clarified responsibilities of each [...]

TIKKU Project in the Starting Blocks!
Tikku

February 29, 2016

Here we are: CHIC 2016 Edition has been launched and we are proud being part of it! Since the Ideation weekend we have been working and brainstorming a lot on [...]

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, [...]

Time for Kick-Off!
Aimo

February 22, 2016

We have been selected to go to China and we are extra motivated! We had to change our connected object Aimo a little bit because our mentors helped us realize [...]

Let’s make our lunchbox real!
Lunchbox

February 21, 2016

After having been selected by the jury of CHIC by presenting our surrealistic concept, this is time to make it real...! Eating at lunch can represent a problem for many people who want [...]

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 [...]

Weekly posts from teams
Aimo, Lunchbox, Okeep, Tikku

February 19, 2016

You will soon find the team's weekly posts on their respective project pages (Aimo, Heaböx, Okeep and Tikku). Stay tuned...

Okeep’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Okeep

February 17, 2016

The functional requisites for Okeep's Minimum Viable Product (MVP) are the following: Core functions: Blinkers Use the smartphone's GPS to indicate the way Sensors: accelerometer and switch The device would [...]

Some news from Shenzhen 4.0
January 26, 2016

Great tour in Shenzhen and Hong Kong with Pascal Marmier, swissnex China's hyper-dynamic CEO. 6 days packed with meetings, visits and discussions ! Happy to announce renewed commitment from our [...]

4 teams selected for CHIC 2016 !
Presentation

November 19, 2015

A little more than 3 weeks have gone by since the ideation week-end. Just enough time for the 6 teams to "go out of the building" and test their initial [...]

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 [...]

CHIC 2016 has started !
October 16, 2015

The second edition of the China Hardware Innovation Camp (CHIC) got off on the right foot in the inspiring facilities of the EPFL+ECAL Lab. A group of highly motivated students [...]