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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 [...]

Test on the lake

Livelo
June 27, 2017

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 [...]

Milestone 3

Todoo
June 8, 2017

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 [...]

Milestone 3

Ilanga
June 4, 2017

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 [...]

Before Milestone 3

Trobak, give value to your waste
May 30, 2017

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 [...]

PCB Assembly complete !

Ilanga
May 24, 2017

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 [...]

Some improvements – Still much work to do

Livelo
May 20, 2017

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 [...]

Third milestone is coming

Livelo
May 17, 2017

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 [...]

Sunny days and good news

Todoo
May 16, 2017

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 [...]

PCB order

Ilanga
May 16, 2017

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, [...]

Yes. We definitely need more regularity !

Trobak, give value to your waste
May 9, 2017

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 [...]

Hardware

Livelo
May 4, 2017

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 [...]

New Name: Livelo

Livelo
May 2, 2017

  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 [...]

Week 10

Livelo
May 2, 2017

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 are… TODOO ! 💫💫

Todoo
May 2, 2017

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 [...]

Becoming Ilanga

Ilanga
May 1, 2017

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 [...]

Getting ready for the second milestone

Ilanga
April 27, 2017

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 [...]

Week 8

Livelo
April 14, 2017

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 [...]

Focus on App

Todoo
April 11, 2017

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 [...]

Hey ! Long time no see !

Trobak, give value to your waste
April 4, 2017

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 :) [...]

Starting week 7

Ilanga
April 3, 2017

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 [...]

Week 6 – Branding

Livelo
April 2, 2017

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 [...]

Rollercoaster Week – 🎢

Todoo
April 2, 2017

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 [...]

An engineer’s view of milestone 1

Ilanga
April 1, 2017

  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 (Geneva Global Goals Innovation Day)

Livelo
March 28, 2017

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 [...]

Week 5

Livelo
March 28, 2017

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 [...]

Milestone numero uno ! ✅

Todoo
March 26, 2017

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 [...]

Exciting first milestone in Lausanne

Ilanga, Livelo, Presentation, Todoo, Trobak
March 25, 2017

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 [...]

Week 4: Design incoming

Ilanga
March 22, 2017

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 [...]

Week 4

Livelo
March 21, 2017

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 [...]

Modeling and interviewing

Todoo
March 20, 2017

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 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 [...]

Ilanga
March 13, 2017

Hello everyone! As we go forwards into the project, we feel like the outline of our UV-wearable becomes clearer and clearer. First of all, we have a better insight of [...]

Week 3 – Slight turnaround

Livelo
March 13, 2017

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 [...]

Week 3 – Data Processing and discussions

Trobak, give value to your waste
March 12, 2017

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 [...]

Week 2

Livelo
March 5, 2017

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 [...]

The serious report: episode 1

Todoo
March 5, 2017

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 [...]