Week 7
Airaware
April 12, 2017
Hi everyone, This week we continued coding the backend part of our device, we implemented different core functionalities that will allow our Android application to interact with the database and [...]
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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 [...]
Milestone 1
Pɘggy
April 6, 2017
Hi dear CHIC community, We hope you are all fine? This Tuesday we had our first milestone presentation… Although, we do know our device by hard, it is still more [...]
the path from milestone 1 to milestone 2
ShuQi
April 4, 2017
This week we presented our work we have done so far. There were many things to say and that is why the presentation got longer and longer. Sorry for that. [...]
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 [...]
Blog Post Week 6
Pɘggy
April 3, 2017
Hey everyone, Sun is back, warm weather with it. But we have not time to enjoy it ! The all team is being busy to prepare the first milestone that [...]
Week 6
Airaware
April 3, 2017
Hi everyone, As the days pass, we become increasingly aware of our device final functions and possibilities. We are now building an environmental monitoring device that detects the particle level [...]
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 [...]
Blog 5 week
Airaware
March 30, 2017
Hi everyone! During this week we finally received the hardware components we ordered. So we did some preliminary test with them. The sensor model is Shinyei PPD42NS, an [...]
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 [...]
Moving on – moving quickly
ShuQi
March 27, 2017
The one and a half hour meeting we had scheduled this week ahead of our milestone, was not long enough to discuss all the work each one has done. The [...]
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
Airaware
March 23, 2017
Hi everyone, This week, after some discussion into the group, we decided to modify the database structure, and our software engineer continued coding the back-end part of our project. After [...]
All about milestone 1
Pɘggy
March 23, 2017
Hi dear CHIC community, After a two week absence I was happy to get back to our team. I was impressed to see how our group advanced and I had [...]
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 [...]
Week 4: Pablo’s visit
Pɘggy
March 20, 2017
Hey everyone! This week we concentrated on the precise specification and working of our little pEggy. After a quick presentation by the mechanical team, we talked about the first milestone, [...]
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 [...]
Get into the customer’s brain
ShuQi
March 19, 2017
In the last weeks the interaction design (Julia) and business (Tabea) tried to get into our future consumer’s brain to understand what they think and feel. This is of great [...]
Week 3: Slowly, but steady
Pɘggy
March 14, 2017
Hey everyone! Team Fribourg here - Where the ideation process is still in a way in progress. We know what we want, but the technical details are still a bit [...]
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
Airaware
March 13, 2017
Hi everyone, This third week our main target was to set up the environment needed to implement solutions we selected in the previous week. We sent out the order of [...]
Today on the menu: TechTalk
ShuQi
March 12, 2017
Last week we spoke about the RFID technology. This week we are explaining the process more in detail. There are different types of RFID technologies. Each one uses different frequencies [...]
Week 3 – Meeting the people at the receiving end of our project
Todoo
March 12, 2017
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 [...]
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 [...]
2nd week
Airaware
March 7, 2017
During this week, we continued our work on designing the air pollution detection device. We had a meeting with one electronics expert at USI to discuss what is the [...]
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 [...]
We keep moving
ShuQi
March 5, 2017
This week, we began with a feed back about the kick-off. After the conversation we agreed to explore different scenarios/ situation in which our object will be useful. In the [...]
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 [...]
Smart Wellness – Week 2
Ilanga
March 5, 2017
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 [...]
Week 2 – Still going strong
Trobak, give value to your waste
March 4, 2017
This week was a great week ! We had a really productive meeting on Thursday during which we decided to study what the product available on the market are capable [...]
1st week
Airaware
February 28, 2017
Hi everybody, We are working hard this first week to analyze the possible solutions for our idea regarding the following aspects: Electronic, Software, Business and Design. Each one of our [...]
Week 01 here we go !
Todoo
February 28, 2017
The Kick-Off Day marked the official start of the adventure ! Time to get serious. In the past weeks, we have explored and imagined different directions: as you could see [...]
Getting everything on track
Pɘggy
February 27, 2017
To whom it may concern We sat down together to, once again, refine our vision for pEggy and to define its functional requirements. Some of our initial ideas were kept, [...]