General

Edition

Border Ecologies – Sharing Economy

Ilanga
July 25, 2017

When, in 2008, Brian Chesky could not pay his rent, he came up with a solution: why not rent the spare rooms to travelers for cheaper than hotel? He then [...]

Last day of work & PCB factory visit

Ilanga
July 23, 2017

Already one week in Shenzhen! Time goes by so quickly, and there is so much to do on all projects! Yesterday was the last where we were assigned to work [...]

PCB Assembly complete !

Ilanga
May 24, 2017

Last night, we finally assembled the first prototype of Ilanga’s electronics. I was a little bit worried as it was only my second time doing this, but my friend Salah [...]

PCB order

Ilanga
May 16, 2017

Today marks a big milestone for Ilanga: we ordered our first PCB! This may not sound like much, but for us it was quite stressful: once a board is made, [...]

An engineer’s view of milestone 1

Ilanga
April 1, 2017

  The main attraction this week was the first milestone for our group. It was the first time we could gather some feedback on our progress from supervisors and CHIC [...]

Week 4: Design incoming

Ilanga
March 22, 2017

This week our engineers finally picked the last remaining components! We calculated how much battery we will need, and it will be quite a challenge to make everything fit inside a [...]

Smart Wellness – Week 2

Ilanga
March 5, 2017

Another exciting week for team “Smart Wellness”! Our biggest question for now is how should the user interact with the product? We have several ideas that we will explore, from [...]

Kickoff Sunday

Ilanga
February 20, 2017

Today was Kickoff Day, the first time we gather to actually work on our product. We spent the morning on a presentation on startups, iterations and an intro to manufacturing. [...]

3..2..1.. Go !

Ilanga
December 7, 2016

Hi everyone, Team Wellness reporting in! What a crazy time for all of us: everyone has a ton to do for class and CHIC doesn’t help. Anyway, maybe we should [...]