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Too early to panic but too late to relax
ShuQi
February 27, 2017

You know the feeling when you start to dig into a project and what once seemed too big to handle becomes reasonable? Well, this is not how I feel now. [...]

Week 1
Livelo
February 27, 2017

This week, we mainly brainstormed the different solutions we could implement for the different parts of our device. It is actually composed of three main parts: the communication module, the [...]

Week 1 – Where are we going?
Trobak, give value to your waste
February 26, 2017

So here we are, one week passed since kick-off. Time really flies pretty quick and you only realize it when you reach the deadlines. Anyway, we used that time pretty [...]

Here we are after the first week
Ilanga
February 24, 2017

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 [...]

Kick-off meeting in Lausanne
Airaware
February 23, 2017

Hi Everyone! Last Staturday we had our kick-off meeting of CHIC program in Lausanne. It is so great to see you again and we feel very excited to start the [...]

Kick-off
Pɘggy
February 21, 2017

Hey everybody! Let’s talk about our Kick-Off meeting on Saturday We all arrived on time :-) on Saturday morning to our one day Kick-Off meeting at EPFL in Lausanne. During [...]

Kickoff Sunday
Ilanga
February 20, 2017

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. [...]

Kick-off
ShuQi
February 20, 2017

In a very informative one day session on February 18, we got ready to get the project going. During the last months, we were already working on some prototypes and [...]

There was no time wasted today
Trobak, give value to your waste
February 19, 2017

We are proud to present you our first cardboard mock-up ! Yes it's hard to believe but it's not working yet... Let's be serious for a bit, we spent the [...]

Kick-off: let’s get that pump pumpin’!
Livelo
February 19, 2017

In the last weeks and months we worked intensively on understanding and developing our problem, through our contact person inside the ICRC and contacts to other people in different domains (geological, [...]

Kick-Off Sunday !
Todoo
February 19, 2017

So here we are ! Enjoying a nice and quiet Sunday in the sun ! We started off by simplifying our product a little more, setting our priorities and staying [...]

Ready to go
Airaware
February 6, 2017

Ciao a tutti! It took us a long time and a lot of brainstorming and discussion with our supervisors and relevant experts to reach this final project idea. Air pollution [...]

may our journey begin
ShuQi
December 22, 2016

Hi there. Our team first met in the train from Geneva to Renens, where the CHIC ideation weekend took place. After these 42min, we were fully convinced of the competence [...]

First steps
Pɘggy
December 19, 2016

Hey everybody and welcome to our first Blog-Post. The CHIC-Project has officially started with the ideation weekend in November! Based on the wide range of information we gained during this [...]

3..2..1.. Go !
Ilanga
December 7, 2016

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 [...]

Our first post – Let’s get started !
Trobak, give value to your waste
December 2, 2016

Hi everyone, We're Team Food-Waste ! As every other team in the CHIC program, we're all student from different backgrounds and we chose to work on the thematic of the [...]

Ideation Week-End
Livelo
December 1, 2016

On October 29th and 30th the kick-off day of CHIC, also known as the Ideation week-end was held. Groups were formed around different themes. Because we feared that designing a [...]

Let’s get it started !
Todoo
December 1, 2016

Hi everybody ! The third edition of CHIC has officially begun. It’s hard to find the words to express how happy and excited we are to be a part of [...]

Student innovation from Lausanne to China
Hong Kong Shenzhen, Media
October 24, 2016

Read the full post by Sarah Bourquenoud (EPFL/Mediacom) here. [caption id="attachment_3106" align="aligncenter" width="983"] Tikku team on EPFL's homepage[/caption]

CHIC 2017 onto a great start
October 16, 2016

The third edition of the China Hardware Innovation Camp got onto a great start thanks to the workshop on teams brilliantly organised and animated by Prof. Jacques Lanarès from the [...]

Discover the CHIC 2016 movie
Hong Kong Shenzhen
October 12, 2016

Thanks to the generous support of the Canton de Vaud (DGES), Maxime Descloux and Céline Dondénaz (from ecal's movie department) have followed one CHIC team during an entire edition of [...]

Join us for the CHIC 2016 DemoDays
Aimo, Hibachi, Okeep, Presentation, Tikku
September 14, 2016

CHIC 2016 is almost over but you have one last chance (actually two…) to catch up with us and discover what the 4 teams have achieved during this second edition. [...]

The end!
Aimo
August 5, 2016

Hello everyone! This trip has now come to an end, and let's look at what we have done during the last days! Well, during our last (full) day in Shenzhen, [...]

Last day in Shenzhen!!!!
Hibachi
July 27, 2016

Yesterday, our industrial designer and our electronics engineers moved to Seeedstudio for working on the Hibachi instead of visiting BGI - Beijing Genomics Institute. The goal was to adjust the [...]

OKEEP’s last days in Shenzen
Okeep
July 27, 2016

Time went fast, this post is catching up on all we did those past days. Day 5: On Friday the whole team went to Seed to work hard. Patrick were [...]

Last day of hard work in China!
Aimo
July 27, 2016

This trip comes to its end! But even the day before leaving China, there is always time to work! So today, the whole team together, we went to the new [...]

Wrap-up of the last few days
Aimo
July 27, 2016

Hello everyone! First of all, sorry for not posting in the last few days (I know you missed us), but we have been very busy! So, since last Thursday what [...]

Here comes the last day in China!
Tikku
July 27, 2016

We cannot believe CHIC is almost finished! It is our last day and the noisiest team Tikku still has a lot of work to do. The engineers left early the [...]

Day 8 – Let there be light!
Aimo
July 27, 2016

After a delicious breakfast, all the 4 teams met in the lobby of the hotel to discuss with our supervisors the next steps of the projects. We decided to start [...]

The day of yesterday 20.07.2016
Tikku
July 27, 2016

We got up and eat it all up We took the MTR and discovered how tiered we all are. We went to the old Seeed studio to work with team [...]

Day 5! Scavenger Hunt
Hibachi
July 26, 2016

It's Saturday, our 5th day in this adventure. After exhausting days of pitching, little sleep and still some jet lag, we are given the opportunity to engage in a quest to [...]

Day 15 – DJI and BGI visits
Tikku
July 26, 2016

Today, thanks to the late start, we had the chance to get our well deserved sleep after the long program of yesterday. It felt so good! And we were all [...]

Huawei, StarPrototype and SSIP
Aimo
July 25, 2016

First visit of the day, Huawei. We met at the lobby at 7:30 to take the bus to the Huawei manufacture. There, we have been welcomed in a fancy meeting [...]

Day 4 – HKSTP and a view!
Aimo
July 25, 2016

All teams worked hard last night (or early in the morning) to prepare the pitching session of the day, this one for investors-oriented people at the Science & Technology Park. [...]

Who said that hackathons can’t be humanitarian?
Tikku
July 24, 2016

After a rich breakfast, we came back to SZOIL to continue the challenging humanitarian hackathon. The transfer in taxi made the whole day easier and we reached the place in great shape. [...]

Day 12 – Work work work work work
Okeep
July 24, 2016

Not all the teams were in their best shape after the late night of day 11 but this day was not one allowing procrastination. The amount of students dressed in pink [...]

Time is running out at Seeedstudio!
Tikku
July 22, 2016

All the PCBs (5 pieces) are mounted and 2 of them are working properly! The others are currently being tested. The day starts well and my team is happy :)! [...]

Programs can be uploaded in the PCB!
Hibachi
July 22, 2016

Today, we had a lot of work to do. All team members moved to Seeedstudio. Our priority is to succeed in boot loading PCB, which we didn’t manage yesterday. The [...]