Congratulations!
Hapstick
October 14, 2020
Congratulations to the winners of the Start Lausanne 2020 contest. Looking forward to the next step(s).
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CHIC takes a break
September 14, 2020
Third update (January 2023) To our regret, we are still not in a position to resume the CHIC program. We hope to be in a position to re-start the program [...]
Getting ready for Milestone 5
WatchOn
June 21, 2020
Hi all, I hope you're doing well. The WatchOn team is reaching Milestone 5 (24 June) and we are working to get ready for it. In terms of Software, the [...]
Final blog post
Roots
June 17, 2020
This is our final team blog post, Roots. The last milestone, two weeks ago, didn't really close our yearly collaboration as we had to stay close for everyone's exams (ECAL [...]
How can we pay attention to the interaction dimension of our solution without a media & interaction student in our team?
Odeji
June 5, 2020
Odeji, the meeting assistant Our object offers multiple interactions. They are first of all physical: it is by caressing Odeji that the meeting leader closes a point of the meeting [...]
One year
Check-y
June 4, 2020
Hi everyone! It's with sadness that I write this last blog post from the Shockeys… What a year have we spent together! We have reached Milestone 5 with [...]
We are back with an update !
Canary
May 27, 2020
We have been gone for a while and an update is long long due. Let’s start with a small refresher: Our device combats hearing loss for workers in the building [...]
Final stretch before Milestone 5
Check-y
May 25, 2020
Hi everyone! We hope you’re all doing well. It was another productive week for the Shockeys. We met twice as a team to work on our logo, color palette, and [...]
Getting things done
Check-y
May 18, 2020
The two past weeks since MS4 were very productive for the Shockeys team. On the engineering side, Maëlick has been actively working with his supervisor, Dr. Benjamin Ricaud, to find [...]
Last finalizing steps
Roots
May 15, 2020
Hi all! During last 2 weeks we've been refining the PCB and schematic design (there are always errors to be found!) and we are now almost ready to send our [...]
Milestone 4’s feedback and next steps!
WatchOn
May 11, 2020
Hi everyone, Here's some news about the WatchOn's Milestone4 from last Wednesday! The meeting went well and we've had a lot of good feedback! A great job was done to [...]
MS4 and the road to MS5
Check-y
May 7, 2020
Hello to all Shockeys' followers! We're happy to announce that Milestone 4 is behind us and that it went well. We were able to present our current design made by [...]
As simple as possible
WatchOn
May 2, 2020
Hello everybody ! Hope everyone is doing well ! I lot of progress have been done by the team recently in order to get ready for MS4. We got a [...]
Pandem’otivation
Check-y
April 26, 2020
Hello all CHIC followers ! Working has got you down ? Us too !!! We’ve been trying our best to meet the goals we all set for us in [...]
WatchOn’s brand is out! 🎉
WatchOn
April 26, 2020
Hi everyone, This week has been really busy. After weeks of hard work and iterations, we are happy to announce that the final WatchOn brand is out 🥳🎉 Its logo [...]
Roots – Applant – Progress
Roots
April 26, 2020
Hi all. The last week was dedicated to the development of our PCB, which is now almost done, and to the finalization of our electronic circuit. A severe modification happened [...]
A busy Easter break
Check-y
April 20, 2020
Hi everyone! This week was rather relaxed as all five team members are technically on Easter break. Yet, we all know that the CHIC program never really pauses. Therefore, [...]
New turning point for the project
WatchOn
April 19, 2020
Hello everybody, This week we have received some bad news from our team members ... The first and most important one, Lucie, head of the industrial design, leaves the CHIC. [...]
Roots Progress
Roots
April 17, 2020
Recap of what is up, for the engineering team of ROOTS Our team, roots, has encountered many problems since this confinement. This post will relate them and explain the solutions [...]
Back from pandemic
Check-y
April 14, 2020
Hi everyone, The Shockeys hope you're doing well at home and that you had a good Easter! We believed that five motivated students, working on an incredible project, with a [...]
Our meeting from last week
HandiMap
April 13, 2020
Hi everyone, We hope you had a happy Easter with your relatives. With this message, I'd like to sum up our talks from last week. The project is going on [...]
Focus on the device’s size and design
WatchOn
April 12, 2020
Hi everyone, We hope that you all had a great week-end! During this time, we focused our efforts on improving our design, especially to make things smaller. A great work [...]
The prjoect continues
Roots
April 8, 2020
It's time for a little update on the current status of our work, since a lot of progress was made during last month. Our idea of a connected sensor that [...]
Design and CoVID-19
WatchOn
April 6, 2020
Hello everybody, Recently we had the opportunity to meet with our supervisors for the milestone 3. Since there we have and are reconsidering the design of our strap. We are [...]
Milestone 3 and Covid-19
HandiMap
April 4, 2020
Despite the confinement, we continue to work on our project. The last two weeks we redefined and planned again our objectives for the project. Because of the school lockdown, we [...]
Milestone 3 & lockdown
FlyQ
March 29, 2020
We've just had our milestone 3 check up this week. Since we are all in a semi-lockdown period, the meeting had to be done online. 21st century connectivity has its [...]
Home Office for Milestone 3
WatchOn
March 24, 2020
Hi everyone, We hope everyone is well in this period of isolation. After this first week at home, the team was still able to progress towards MS3. The branding is [...]
Milestone 3 and coronavirus
Check-y
March 22, 2020
Hi everyone! We hope you're all healthy and at home during these unusual times. Due to the current situation, the CHIC project has been put on hold for all EPFL [...]
Work in Progress
Roots
March 17, 2020
Milestone 3 is now approaching and many things have changed since Milestone 2 ( among which a global epidemic), but our initial idea of connecting people to plants through technology [...]
Work in progress for Milestone 3
WatchOn
March 16, 2020
Hi everyone, We hope you are all doing well! From our side, we keep on working to have our first prototype ready as soon as possible. We are currently focusing [...]
The development continues
HandiMap
March 15, 2020
Hey everyone, The development continues in order to archieve our goals for milestone 3. The current situation won't stop us to develop our solution ! Each members of the team [...]
Spaghetti and pie, and amazing things in the sky.
FlyQ
March 9, 2020
Since Milestone 2 the team members have been concentrating on their respective fields of expertise. Business has been digging into pie charts, with the first results back from our desirability [...]
Work work and work
WatchOn
March 8, 2020
Hello everybody, So far so good ! The tests that we have been doing on the patients are positives, which means that the patient doesn’t reject the strap. From the [...]
A lot of work
Check-y
March 8, 2020
Hello, dear followers of the CHIC Projects! The Shockeys are working hard on Milestone 3 to give the best overview of our device. Diane and Taavet had a long talk [...]
How about a pole?
HandiMap
March 6, 2020
Hi everybody, finally, we start to receive a lot of response from our quantitative survey, we invited a couple of associations of disabled people to transmit the quantitative questionnaire in [...]
Pieces are coming together
Check-y
March 4, 2020
Hi everyone! The past weeks have been tough for the world as the outbreak of coronavirus is spreading across the world and has hit Switzerland. Thankfully, the Shockeys are [...]
Good news for the team
WatchOn
March 1, 2020
Good evening everyone, This week has been very encouraging for us. Since the lift-off weekend, we had a few doubts about the desirability of our watch strap. As was rightly [...]
Prototyping
Roots
February 27, 2020
Hello everyone, Last week has been pretty intense but productive, after last meeting each one of us has a clear idea of what is to be done next: Alan is [...]
Kickstarting the Spring Semester
Check-y
February 25, 2020
Hi everyone! Last week was really packed with Milestone 2 and the lift-off weekend. This week was a bit lighter for our team. Marine is (finally!) enjoying her holidays. The [...]