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We started our day by moving to HAX, a american renowned hardware accelerator. This company accelerate startups with a high market potential. At Shenzhen, HAX is focused on hardware projects fitting to [...]
Time is going so quickly and we did not noticed how Wednesday was over! Then my blogpost will cover 2 days. Yesterday the work was efficient and quick. The quick [...]
Good afternoon people! What have we been up to today? Well, a bunch of things actually! Lara and I started the day in a pretty stressful way since we had [...]
Yesterday Adrien tried to go to a bike shop to see the helmets sold and get insight about the market in Shenzen but unfortunately once arrived at the destination there [...]
Hello again ! Twice in one day, how lucky are you? So today we also split up the team, in 2 groups. Sorina and Link went to Seeed Studio to [...]
Today, we split our team into three main groups. The first one made observations and interviews with workers from Seeedstudio. Before the lunchtime, we moved to their kitchen to speak [...]
I have been walking around Shenzhen (well mostly around the hotel) in order to observe the behavior of the Chinese people regarding mailboxes and other topics related to our project. [...]
First of all, today was Lara’s birthday so it was gonna be a good day anyway!!! What a busy day! The team actually split up to do some different things [...]
Some time in the morning were spent today to define the tasks and their priorities, in order to use our time in the best way. We decided to split the [...]
Seeed Studio told us the missing components should arrive at 2pm, however to be sure, electrical engineers went to the Huaqiangbei market to buy some of them. It went well [...]
This morning, our team split into three groups. One went to Huaqiangbei, one of the biggest electronics market in the world, to find some missing components such as the battery and [...]
Finally, the first day of work is here, everyone is very excited to start implementing their prototypes. But first things first: we need a lot of strength to get through [...]
Hibachi team had arrived at Hong-Kong last week. It was intense! We pitched almost every day in front of different audiences: investors, companies, entrepreneurs, makers, students and other people. Our [...]
Hello everyone! We have arrived almost one week ago in China, already! We landed in Hong Kong last Tuesday night and have already done so much! It’s time for you [...]
For the first day in Seeed Studio, we visited the place and started planning the week. It should be quit busy; Audrey and Patrick the engineers will work on the [...]
After some intense days in Hong Kong, pitching in front of investors and makers and visiting the HKUST, the Harbour, Panalpina and the Science Park, we finally arrived to Shenzhen, [...]
For this third day, we had the pleasure to visit two companies specialized in logistic and supply chain management. We finished this journey by pitching our project in a coworking space. This [...]
Jet Lag + Heavy Load + Super Gains (+ junk food) = 1st day in Hong Kong This is a heavy day starting with heavy rains but without enough sleep. Most of [...]
Monday morning, the alarm rings (like the onions) , let’s pack and meet everybody at 9 am sharp in BC 410. Well… not so sharp, it’s 9:15 and many people [...]
Read the article published in Le Temps (June 30, 2016) here
During this sprint I implemented the design made by Lara Defayes, the media and interaction designer of the team. As you can see the UI design has rather well evolved. [caption [...]
We are back to present you our first game, developed by the engineering team! It's concept is similar to Guitar Hero game, but better adapted to a mobile game and [...]
Here we are! The last milestone has been passed and we are going towards the China trip! Lot of work is still remaining. The pricing and costing aspects still need [...]
The last milestone is done. Expectations are high for what is going to happen in China!! This is how hibachi will look like at the end: [...]
As the semester reaches to its end, the Hibachi is finally taking shape. After though some trouble with the experiment, it's finally solved! (Until the next problem) In contrary to [...]
This is it, we are heading to the final milestone ! The journey seems to end but it is in fact just beginning… We almost have a prototype for the [...]
Let's talk software and firmware, or how to make the link between them! As annonced during our last presentation, we chosed to use Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth Smarth to [...]
This is the last run before the final milestone next week ! An initial version of the electronics is here. So far one mistake has been found and solved, the [...]
Thanks to the rainy weather this weekend, the project had jumped on a new level! Ludovico and Israel did an amazing job :) They are now putting everything together: low [...]
One of the biggest parts of the work for the second milestone was the design of the sticks performed by Adrian. He has been working on colors and shapes according [...]
Drumroll.... Our Aimo connected device starts to take shape in terms of electronics as well. We designed the first testing board using Altium Designer and we sent it to fabrication [...]
Last week, we were excited to present our progression to the CHIC Jury and to the rest of the audience. In only 15 minutes, we have to present one month of hard [...]
Difficult to believe, that only one milestone is left before going to China! We are so excited to be there although few time is left now to finish the work [...]
Milestone 2 went well but we are waiting for the feedbacks. We will keep you updated about that next week ! About the positioning here is where OKeep would be: [...]
Time is passing by so fast! Only one milestone left before we go to China! Let's look at what has been done on the business side during the last month. [...]
The second milestone (April 28) gave us a chance to see the great work put in by the four teams over the past 5 weeks. All teams managed to cover [...]
The second milestone presentation is this Friday and Hibachi team is getting ready for this important day. Weekly meeting at ecal with the Hibachi team The last few details have [...]
Since we started CHIC, my team and I all agreed on one common thing: Heaböx is not the name we have dreamt about to represent our lunchbox. So after brainstorming a [...]
This awesome adventure is the opportunity for me to update my mobile app skills. A lot of new things have appeared and among them: Swift. The brand new language from Apple [...]
As the project starts to materialize into PCB's, foam prototypes, software design and scripts our team is facing challenges and limits of the ideas we have imagined. The decisions must [...]
