The big start
Todoo
July 11, 2017
Hello everyone ! After several months of research, creation, coding, welding and so on, we were able to advance our project. So, we are ready for the big start in [...]
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Hello everyone ! After several months of research, creation, coding, welding and so on, we were able to advance our project. So, we are ready for the big start in [...]
For several weeks, the waterproofing of our device was a big problem. The last test in the Hydraulic Machines Lab (HML) was not successful at all and we made our PCB [...]
After this little break, it was time to keep you informed of what has happened in recent weeks. To begin with, last week, we had the third and last milestone [...]
Hello everyone! Here we are after the third milestone of last Friday. It was the last one before the trip to China and we now really feel like the departure [...]
Hi everyone, Short post today, just to let you know how much we've done since last post and how we're getting ready for the final milestone before heading to China! Rihab [...]
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 [...]
At the end of this week, we finally managed to implement the most important functionalities of our microcontroller, which was a huge relief! Now we are able to automatically log [...]
This week we have finally (and fortunately) met M. Farhat, a fluid mechanics teacher at EPFL. It turned out that EPFL has many high-end facilities allowing to simulate high pressurized [...]
The good days are FINALLY back and I feel that it gives energy to the whole team seen the advances of these last days. Khalil realized a real marathon to [...]
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, [...]
Hello everyone ! Nice logo isn't it? After long discussions and iterations, Erika our designer created this logo so we can use it from now on to communicate on our [...]
Last week, we made breakthroughs in UI and Software coordination. Our Software Engineer Khalil, UI designer Hélène and Business Manager Luca sat down to settle on the app’s format. They [...]
Hello people ! As said in the title of this post, we need to post on a more regular basis. We'll work on it we promise ! So, what's new [...]
All the components have arrived and also the produced PCB is ready... What does that mean? Start soldering! With a little instruction from our super-assistant Gilbert, Tobia spent the morning [...]
In the last weeks the whole team brainstormed in order to find a name for our product that could represent it and at the same time represent the team's [...]
After a well earned week of relax (at least on paper) and a lot of eating (easter bunnies and co.), our team is back to work. Each one of us is [...]
We just named our baby ! We went for something pretty self-explanatory but also playful: Todoo ! We chose blue because it symbolizes autism and red to represent the time-timer. Once [...]
Hi everyone! Last Friday Milestone 2 took place and we came up with a name and two big changes. We wanted a brand related to the sun. We also wanted [...]
Hey everyone We are back after a long time of silence The second milestone is approaching and we spent the week preparing it. After the holidays we came up with [...]
The Easter celebrations are over and it’s time to get back to work. Two weeks ago (here), we faced several questions as to the turn of the continuation of our [...]
The past two weeks were essentially dedicated to the electronic part of the device. The first version of the PCB has been designed and its production was launched. We hope we [...]
This week, our blog post will take you through what UX designer Hélène and Software Engineer Khalil have decided to do for the project's app. The app is an essential [...]
Hi everyone, It's been a while. We all had a lot of thing to do and we kind of forgot to keep you up to date. Sorry for that :) [...]
Hi everybody! After Milestone 1, we met to debrief the feedback we obtained and thought about the following. Globally the comments we received are encouraging. Each member of the [...]
This week was a relatively calm week, principally dedicated to "branding". We have arrived at a point where our product, the data logger, is slowly becoming tangible and we have [...]
This week we became aware of what a project like CHIC is, with moments of doubt but also reflections and teamwork in order to find a way to cross the [...]
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 [...]
G3ID is a large show room of innovative and humanitarian companies and associations. We were invited there to present our project and the challenges we are facing. In the conference [...]
We are in the 5th week, we have now a first sketch of an application interface, in order to manage the loggers and get the data. We learned how to [...]
After this first milestone, it's time to take stock of the situation: we are re-thinking the general shape of the object. Following the feedback of parents and specialists, we decided [...]
In spite of all the work going on during the weeks, milestones are important moments in the CHIC process. They are a way to demonstrate the progress towards the development of [...]
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 [...]
This is the 4th week. Following the turnaround we got last week, we thought of different concepts and configurations for our device: should it be molded? should it be encased [...]
👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 We took some decisions regarding the shape ! Congratulations: it's a watch ! 👶🏻⏰ Here are a few drafts of what it could look like: Our goal is to [...]
At the beginning of last week, an important meeting with an hydrogeologist of the ICRC led us to change dramatically our former specifications. What the ICRC really wants is a [...]
Until now, we had the opportunity to meet with specialists working on ASD. However, we realised that it was necessary to also focus on the parents in order to understand [...]
Hey people ! This week has been pretty important since we started processing the datas we got from the online survey we disseminated through the internet. It's not gonna be [...]
Second and intensive week for our team. Our main problem for visualizing our ideas was that we do not have a water hand pump. This is why Yohanna and Elise [...]
Luca has focused on highlighting the most risky assumptions for our value proposition. It is important to know which assumptions we must verify and validate first. If these assumptions are [...]