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CHIC 2015: DemoDays @ ecal and @ EPFL
Presentation
September 10, 2015

Have you been following the first edition of the China Hardware Innovation Camp (CHIC)? Are you curious to see what an interdisciplinary group of students from EPFL, ecal and UNIL can [...]

Day 14: Good bye Shenzhen!
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 22, 2015

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

Day 13: PCH + DJI = SZX
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 21, 2015

The day started with the visit of PCH, a company that fully integrates activities from the design of a product to its distribution worldwide. Niamh Given gave us a short [...]

Day 12: The finishing line is approaching…
Hong Kong Shenzhen
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 11: Day off….almost
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 19, 2015

Sunday in Shenzhen.... means either work or shopping. Most participants enjoyed a good rest in the morning before heading out for THE karaoke.

Day 10: Work @ Seeed Studio
Hong Kong Shenzhen
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 9: Work at Seeed Studio
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 17, 2015

[caption id="attachment_709" align="alignnone" width="300"] Work at Seeedstudio[/caption] Finally a full day of work at Seeedstudio. Teams are starting the soldering process. Some surprises here and there...

Day 8: Visit of Huawei and Foxconn City
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 16, 2015

An early start (7.30AM) for one of the most exciting industrial visit. The bus headed to Dongguan, the industrial area of Shenzhen. After a 90 minute drive we arrived at [...]

Day 7: Work at Seeed Studio and pitching at Chaihuo
Hong Kong Shenzhen, Presentation
July 15, 2015

Another full day of work at Seeedstudio for the 3 teams. [caption id="attachment_697" align="alignnone" width="300"] CHIC's working space at Seeedstudio[/caption] [caption id="attachment_698" align="alignnone" width="300"] Firmware on the way[/caption] [caption id="attachment_696" [...]

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 4: Moving to Shenzhen
July 12, 2015

After a short night (some were actually able to "document" the sunrise on ClearWater Bay), everybody headed to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border by public transport. A few hours later (and [...]

Day 3: Scavenger hunt
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 11, 2015

The day was spent roaming Hong Kong to familiarize students with the diversity of the city. The five teams were tasked with a number of activities. Equipped with a day [...]

Day 2 ter: Not the only one in town
Hong Kong Shenzhen
July 10, 2015

Hardly arrived in Hong Kong and already copied! [caption id="attachment_642" align="alignnone" width="225"] CHIC in Hong Kong[/caption] Thanks to Niccolo (swissnex Boston) for spotting and taking the picture

Day 2: HKSTP and Brinc
July 9, 2015

HKSTP After a pretty short night (at least for some of us who had to adjust some final details on their pitches and project handouts) we went to visit 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 [...]

Day 2 bis: Parallel Lab
Dory
July 9, 2015

As Florian already told you this second day was really intense in discovery and knowledge. Nevertheless we should not forget that innovation is not only about science and market, but [...]

CHIC 2015 – Presentations @ 2nd milestone
Dory, Fimi, Presentation, Vesta
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
Dory, Fimi, Presentation, Vesta
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! ;)

CHIC 2015 is on the roll….
February 14, 2015

Participants to CHIC 2015 are learning the tricks of the trade by applying the value proposition canvas to the case of Airbnb.