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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another exciting week for team “Smart Wellness”! Our biggest question for now is how should the user interact with the product? We have several ideas that we will explore, from [...]
After the kick off day of last Sunday, we feel like the project has now really begun. Even if the whole process of research we did the last semester was [...]
Today was Kickoff Day, the first time we gather to actually work on our product. We spent the morning on a presentation on startups, iterations and an intro to manufacturing. [...]
Hi everyone, Team Wellness reporting in! What a crazy time for all of us: everyone has a ton to do for class and CHIC doesn’t help. Anyway, maybe we should [...]
