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A very busy evening for CHIC participants. We kicked-off with pitches from the 4 CHIC 2018-2019 teams in front of a jury of experts from industry (Peter Boehni, Daniel Brandenburger, [...]
Hello dear friends, during this third semester of our CHIC-experience you received less constant updates from your team Toygether. However, when you do, you already know it's only for positive news! [...]
Dear CHIC followers, if you recall the last couple of posts from this summer, we left our story hanging between pitches, prototyping and culture-exploring activities in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. We [...]
Thanks to the support from the Canton de Vaud two students from ECAL's movie school joined us for the trip to Shenzhen and Hong Kong. A few words from Korlei Rochat [...]
First of all what is an innovation park ? According to the EPFL an Innovation Park is devoted to housing start-ups, SMEs, research teams and innovation cells from major companies [...]
The border between mainland China and Hong Kong is unique in the world. They were once one country and after a century of separation they are one again, but only [...]
The idiom “middle class” has only specific definitions, no outwright meaning is linked with the term even though it is used by most. Actually cities or countries can have their [...]
China or more specifically the Chinese government puts a lot of effort into making sure that access to press and Internet in the mainland is limited. This is different in [...]
Our trip in China takes place in two differents cities: first Shenzhen and then Hong Kong. And as one is located at the border of main China and the other [...]
Hello everyone, for this border ecology, let's talk a bit about the food safety around this two wonderful lands. The first thing you have to know when you go to [...]
Introduction During the whole CHIC experience we were working in or visiting places called Makerspaces. Makerspaces are places where people are allowed to make a bit of mess, it’s a [...]
Today was the very last day of the trip adventure all together. For this, our supervisors had organised a scavenger hunt through the city. That aim to make us discover [...]
Social media was pretty much everywhere during our stay here in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, but it took multiple forms, some of which were expected before leaving Switzerland, some not [...]
Monday Back to work! Monday was a very packed day. We started with a presentation at HKinvest in the morning where we got to understand better the HongKong market which [...]
Hello CHIC community, Today is the last day of our CHIC trip. We had a scavenger hunt and enjoyed the time at the beach together. These days were unforgettable memories [...]
One country, two systems does it also count for education? The aim of this article is to highlight the differences and similarities between the education systems of Shenzhen (China) and [...]
Hi everyone, Here we are again, for another “Border ecologies” blog post. The text that is following will describe some of the differences Amandine Gini & Simone Sanso spotted during [...]
Dear readers, In this article, we will analyse the differences we can find about the theme « tourism » between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Indeed, we have found a lot of disparities [...]
Dear chic community, As our trip to China comes to an end, it is time for some reflection in this special blog post. This post will be centered around the [...]
Welcome back CHIC community, On the 24th our designers started the day with a special design review on the trip. They were working on a creating a booklet with all the [...]
After spending more than 10 days in Shenzhen and 5 days in Hong Kong, we were able to compare the differences and similarities between the two systems of the same [...]
This morning, we had the freedom to choose what we wanted to do. While some enjoyed a bit of sleep or relaxation, most of the teams were making final adjustments [...]
Hello CHIC community, Today was a day of a lot of discoveries. We visited HK invest, Modern Terminals, Panalpina headquarters and an amazing makerspace, where we pitched the night away! [...]
Morning at the Skytop with InvestHK [gallery ids="4639"] After a packed weekend full of cultural experiences we were ready to start a new week of the CHIC. Pitches and interesting visits [...]
Dear CHIC community, Wednesday 18 was the last entire day of work we had at x.factory. Every team was under pressure because it was the day to finally show to [...]
Departure from Shenzhen and arrival at HKUST Saturday, we had to transfer from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. For this, we had the meet up at 10am in the lobby of [...]
Dear CHIC community, Yesterday we transferred to Hong-Kong. It was a very long and tiring journey, because first one need to pass the Chinese customs, pass many security checks [...]
Yesterday we left Shenzhen and came to Hong Kong. The metro in Hong Kong is not as crowded as that in Shenzhen. The HKUST is surrounded by mountains but the [...]
Dear CHIC community, It is time for an update our trip in Shenzhen, and our progress towards a functional prototype. As the departure date approaches, we are facing a final [...]
Dear CHIC community, Yesterday was quite an important day for us, aside from having visited Tencent we also had to finish our prototype. Clearly having a full working prototype wasn't [...]
Hello CHIC community, Yesterday has been a rich experience for all of us. Indeed, we visited the Tencent headquarters and got the opportunity to interview some people directly. We [...]
Dear CHIC Community, Today was a very interesting day. Indeed we had to wake up early to take the bus to go to Huawei this morning ! After a long [...]
Dear CHIC community, On wednesday only a day after the assembly of the main PCB of our device, we received the second PCB for the backlight. On the same day [...]
Dear CHIC followers, we don't know whether we are still influenced by the jet-lag or it's the impact of the famous "Shenzhen speed" everyone talks about. However, it is already the [...]
Hi everyone, MS7 is on its way. Which also means that our last days in Shenzhen and x.factory are approaching as well 🙁 On Tuesday, we went to Huaqiangbei [...]
After getting some components in Huaqiangbei, we went back to work on Monday. We were supposed to get the PCB in the morning, but there was another delay and we [...]
Good morning everyone, The last days in Shenzhen and xFactory are approaching. All the teams are very close to the final prototype. As a result, the program for the day [...]
Hello to all of you who are following our E-journey in China, This week started with a day of intense work, everyone knew what to do to complete our prototype, [...]
