Jet lag is getting better every day but we have a lot of work remaining and consequently the nights are short. During our second day at the coworking space of x.fa […]

Dear readers,

Here’s what happened on our first day in Shenzhen.

We all woke up bright and early and had breakfast together which allowed us to learn more about each other. We also discussed our expectations and the challenges we might face.
Thanks to our supervisors, we also got to understand what to expect from Shenzhen’s transporation system and most importantly xfactory, a new maker hub […]

For our first day in Shenzhen which is one of the biggest production centers in the world and the richest city in China with the chic team we are going to the X.factory. We started at 8am with a visit of the place, so thank you to Violet and his team. At 10am we started to define our goal and the dead line of the stay in order to create a functional prototype by Friday 20th departure date at Hongk […]

Dear CHIC colleagues

The last few weeks have been a real push for the CORE team. Indeed we finally created a functional prototype and tested it with a potential customer. The feedback helped us a lot and we know what to change to improve our product.

During the take-off day, we learned a lot about China & Hong Kong and we will do everything to avoid critical incidents, even if some will […]

Dear CHIC colleagues

The last few weeks have been a real push for the CORE team. Indeed we finally created a functional prototype and tested it with a potential customer. The feedback helped us a lot and we know what to change to improve our product.

During the take-off day, we learned a lot about China & Hong Kong and we will do everything to avoid critical incidents, even if some will […]

Monday, 9 July 2018 meeting at 8:00 at EPFL. All five teams from Geneva, Fribourg and Lausanne were ready with their luggage and excited to finally start the adventure.

Not only our suitcases were fully packed but also the day program: It started by having our last pitch training with pro […]

Hello CHIC community,

How have you been?

We arrived yesterday night at Shenzhen! The trip was quite exhausting; it’s not everyday that you can fly to the other side of the world. The jetlag is harsh, but worth it! Shenzhen is a beautiful city, the architecture and skyscrapers are really impressive. Everything is on a really different scale -especially when you come from a small cou […]

Dear CHIC members,

Last thursday we had our 5th Milestone where we were finally able to show the horizontality of our project.

On the electronical side, the PCB was finally received and mounted. The tests are in progress. Regarding software development, the Bluetooth characteristics were implemented and a test code was built to work with other parts of the project.

On the IT side, the app […]

Dear CHIC members,

What a ride it has been since the last milestone. At our last presentation, we finally had something to show for, and we have to say, it felt good to see our hard work pay off.

The visual identity of our connected system is getting more defined by the day, thanks to the efforts from our mechanical engineer, who’s been working closely with Lison Christe, an industrial desig […]

Dear CHIC community,

Last Thursday, we had our last milestone presentation in Switzerland! After seven months of hard work, and activities keeping our brains firing, we were lucky to have a larger audience than usual, as there were some of the potential future CHIC 2019 members. During this milestone, we presented our last iteration and our brand-new identity: Seeki. Seeki is a little wink at o […]

Dear CHIC Community,                                                                                                                                                                      <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7192" src="https://community.chi.camp/wp-conten […]