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Trobak, give value to your waste
April 18, 2018

Hi everyone, It's been a while. We're not gonna make a post to tell you everything that we did since the end of our edition of the program, we're just [...]

Final DemoDay at MassChallenge

Event, Ilanga, Livelo, Presentation, Todoo, Trobak
December 12, 2017

Great turnout for the second and last CHIC 2016-2017 DemoDay, hosted for the second time by MassChallenge Switzerland at the Ateliers de Renens. The 4 teams (Ilanga, Trobak, Livelo and [...]

DemoDay@ECAL

Ilanga, Livelo, Todoo, Trobak
September 30, 2017

Great turnout for CHIC's 2016-2017 first DemoDay at ECAL! The floor was given to the designers who, each in their own style, related their CHIC experience. Todoo told the audience about their [...]

X factory public event

Todoo
August 5, 2017

Better late than never ! We finally managed to upload our video so that we can  share it with you ! Here is finally the blogpost we made for the [...]

Migrant workers in Shenzhen and Hong-Kong

Trobak, give value to your waste
August 2, 2017

Chinese population is a well-known immigrating population. There are Chinese immigrants all around the world, from Europe to North America and more recently to Africa where China is taking the [...]

Border Ecologies: Innovation Park

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 30, 2017

Honk Kong Science and Technology Park We had the great opportunity to visit the Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Park that gather several enterprises, start-ups and research center in [...]

Border Ecologies: Makerspace

Todoo
July 30, 2017

As part of the CHIC project, we are multidisciplinary students that travelled one week in Hong Kong and ten days in Shenzhen. During this trip, we had the occasion to [...]

Border ecologies: Food safety

Todoo
July 30, 2017

Hong Kong posses a really special status within the world but also regarding Mainland China. It is clearly separated from the nearest Chinese cities, like Shenzhen, by customs. In fact, [...]

Border Ecologies: Tourism

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 30, 2017

This text is an attempt to compare the touristic experience in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common [...]

Border Ecologies: Social Media

Todoo
July 29, 2017

As the CHIC students crossed the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China onto Shenzhen, we experienced firsthand China’s online policy regarding Social Media. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, among others, [...]

Last and busy day

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 29, 2017

What a last day! Tuesday was the last day in Shenzhen, the last of this great adventure. We started the day with a couple of hours catching up on our [...]

Border Ecologies: News/Media

Ilanga
July 29, 2017

Media is defined as the means of communication used to reach a large number of people. It includes some standard means such as television and newspapers, but also some more [...]

24 juillet – Huawei, Star Rapid & SSIP

Todoo
July 26, 2017

Today, we woke up early to take our private bus for the day at 7.30 am. After a two hours ride, we arrived to the HQ of the first company [...]

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 [...]

Border Ecologies – Metro

Todoo
July 25, 2017

Hong Kong (HK) and Shenzhen (SZ) have both experienced an enormous growth throughout the last decades. In this process, public transports is one very important piece of the puzzle, since it ensures an efficient flow of people. In [...]

Border of ecologies – Pollution

Ilanga
July 25, 2017

The « Chinese » part of the China Hardware Innovation Camp is soon reaching to an end, leaving us with wonderful memories. It is probably for most of us one of the [...]

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 [...]

Design activity: Visiting the HKDI !

Todoo
July 21, 2017

Dimitri, Luca, Nicolas, Pierre and I had the opportunity to have a tour of the HKDI (Hong Kong Design Institute) ! The building alone is worth a visit: we were [...]

Shenzhen Autism Society

Todoo
July 21, 2017

Yesterday, we met the Shenzhen Autism Association (SAS). The challenge we had (we learned it by phone) was communicating with the people of this association as nobody spoke English. So, [...]

An unexpected journey

Todoo
July 20, 2017

Time to make some updates about our last two days in Shenzhen. On Tuesday, we started to visit the major electronic marketplaces of Shenzhen – Huaqiangbei. Imagine buildings all around [...]

Progress – Problem – Progress

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 20, 2017

Hello dear reader, After two more general posts we're back at what we do best : work (héhé). As you know we are now in Shenzhen in order to develop [...]

Design activity: Dim Sum Lab

Todoo
July 20, 2017

Small stuffs to share. Like the chinese food, Dim Sum Lab is a place that brings together people around a table to share something they like. Dim Sum Lab is [...]

Update on the prototyping process

Ilanga
July 20, 2017

Hi everyone! We are glad to update you about the work we are getting done these days. Aside two pitches (on Tuesday at HAX and on Wednesday at Massive Hardware) [...]

Design Activity – Jockey Club Innovation Tower

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 20, 2017

On Friday we got the opportunity to visit the Jockey Club Innovation Tower and more precisely, the exhibition that the the School of Design was holding in the building. Just [...]

Scavenger hunt in Hong-Kong

Todoo
July 18, 2017

On Saturday we had the chance to participate to a scavenger hunt in Hong-Kong in order to discover further the city and its culture. Our team was composed by members [...]

Shenzhen – x.factory

Todoo
July 17, 2017

Today we moved for the first time to x.factory which is a hub that provides a prototyping workshop with production-level equipment and co-working space. We like the place and it’s [...]

Last day in Hong Kong and arrival in Shenzhen

Ilanga
July 17, 2017

After a week full of presentations and pitches, Saturday was the first day totally dedicated to sightseeing and discovery of the city. The aim was to walk through the more [...]

One week in Hong-Kong

Todoo
July 17, 2017

It's been almost a week since we left - time goes by and we have plenty to tell you about our experience in Hong Kong. After this very busy day [...]

Hong Kong, Day 3: HKPST, OOCL, BRINC

Livelo
July 16, 2017

This morning we went to Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). This non-profit entity, created in 2001 by the Hong-Kong government, tends to boost the innovation in order [...]

Friday 14: Design tour, Forbo & MakerHive

Ilanga
July 16, 2017

Design Tour During this Friday morning we divided ourself in 4 groups, attempting to explore different places about art and design. HKDI A part of us went to the HKDI [...]

Hong Kong – Shenzhen

Ilanga
July 16, 2017

The 5 days in Hong Kong have came to an end yesterday. We had a packed program there and struggled to find time to write on the blog. However we [...]

Pitching, pitching…

Livelo
July 16, 2017

We want to briefly share with you the evolution of our project after the first week of our China trip that has been spent in Hong Kong, as it can [...]

Hong-Kong days 3 and 4

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 16, 2017

Hello hello ! It's been 3 days since we landed in this big city of Hong-Kong, and even if the days are long (and the nights getting shorter for some [...]

Hello Hong-Kong ! Day 1-2

Trobak, give value to your waste
July 16, 2017

Hey people, It's been a while again, we promised more regularity but you know how it is ! Anyway... We arrived in Hong-Kong ! After months speaking (and dreaming) about [...]

Hong Kong, Day 2: HKUST, RISE and IoT startups

Todoo
July 13, 2017

After a first night where many of us had sleep problems due to jet lag, we attended a presentation by HKUST’s Dean of Students, Dr. Robert Wessling. Wessling holds a [...]

Take-off day

Livelo
July 13, 2017

Today was D-day: we were finally flying to Hong-Kong! At 8am, we had a last workshop at EPFL, to practice our pitching skills, and learn more about the schedule of [...]