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3D assembly and PCB
Heptabox
June 10, 2019
For the 16th week, the 3D assembly is done by our awesome mechanical engineer and we finally receive the PCB with our two safety channels. The team is working hard [...]
We got almost everything !
CARING
June 2, 2019
Hello dear community! Strong from the critics provided during the last milestone (the last gentle one), we enter a new phase in our project. Our designers are working like never [...]
And the winner is….. HEPTABOX!
Heptabox
May 31, 2019
Hello!! As mentioned in our last blog post, last Tuesday there was the Award Ceremony of the UBS Innovation Challenge. All the five groups presented their project in front of [...]
MS5 and nearly ready to fly!
Tengo
May 31, 2019
Hello everyone! Wednesday we had our milestone, were we presented our prototype. Still some things to slightly improve, but we are close to a final functional prototype! We have our [...]
Almost there!
AKANE
May 30, 2019
Hello everyone ! What an intense week for the Chic participants ! For those who don’t know, this week we had to present our project one last time before China. [...]
MS5 Delayed, but work is still on its way!
NOX
May 28, 2019
Hi everyone! It has been a long time without any news from Unum+Solum, but a lot of work has been done in a month! Since MS4, where we decided to [...]
Always improving
CARING
May 28, 2019
Hi everyone, More ergonomic and equipped with a new hanging system, the latest version of Caring seems to be gradually moving closer to the final version. To achieve this, we [...]
Sponsorship purchasing
KNEET
May 26, 2019
Dear followers, China journey is approaching. We are all in an exciting movement even if we cannot believe that it will happen. This week we received a lot of information [...]
Milestone 4 is done!
Heptabox
May 26, 2019
Dear readers, Last week we had our Milestone 4 presentation. We went through different topics. First, we presented our first pitch to the audience. In relation to the business part, we [...]
Agile mindset and prototyping!
AKANE
May 24, 2019
Dear readers, After Milestone 4 last month and many interviews, we decided to redefine our business model by addressing a new customer segment: schools. The previous design of our connected [...]
Engineers at work !
KNEET
May 23, 2019
Today we managed to have both the microtechnician and the electronician working to optimize and apply on MSP430 the data reading as well as the Bluetooth ! As the MS5 [...]
Pick and place for success
Tengo
May 21, 2019
Hello everyone! one mini step on a green board, a great step step for our product. Today we assembled the PCB, which later this week will be tested! Great news [...]
Advancing, always advancing
CARING
May 19, 2019
Hello! CARING is advancing on all fronts, be it design, engineering or business. We are happy that the project is slowly materializing and we are already getting excited for the [...]
MS4 done ! … Product concept review
Tolbi
May 18, 2019
As we said in MS3, we exchanged with the managers of ENSA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agriculture) and we were contacted by potential customers, who were attracted by our product and [...]
Busy week for the Heptabox team!
Heptabox
May 18, 2019
Dear Community, On Wednesday we had our team meeting in order to plan all the next steps of our project and ultimate the presentation for Milestone 4, which will take [...]
Transform Africa Summit 2019
Tolbi
May 18, 2019
Hi , This week, we participated in the Transform Africa summit in Kigali where the heads of state of the African Union were present around the theme of digital [...]
PCB up and running!
AKANE
May 16, 2019
Hello ! We received one of our PCB from China, assembled and tested it. Everything works smoothly. The PCB is able to control one motor that will move our plat [...]
Construction Team: assemble!
Tengo
May 16, 2019
Hello everybody! Yesterday Vuk, Tomas and Ethan assembled at Ethan's place to share thoughts and sketches on the design of our product. To note also the presence of Alex, member [...]
Prototype °1 for the Fogs
KNEET
May 14, 2019
Hi everyone, We are a few days away from our first prototype! By the end of May, we want to perform the most basic functions as a user would: from [...]
Interview at La Source !
CARING
May 12, 2019
Hey there! This week was sort of fruitful for T-Psy: We conducted an interview in La Source in Lausanne, where many shades were unveiled thanks to Mrs Montantdon, Chief Nursing [...]
Great news from Heptabox team!
Heptabox
May 12, 2019
Hello everyone, This week we had the pleasure to participate to a workshop with Swisscom in relation to IoT Systems. We started the evening with an elevator pitch from each [...]
PCB ordered!
Tengo
May 10, 2019
Hello everyone! Yes, you read the title well, our PCB has been ordered! For this, we thank Vuk for having worked really a lot to make the design of it [...]
Bluetooth first connection
KNEET
May 9, 2019
Dear all, This week we manage to make the first connection between our device and a smart phone. There are still a lot of works to do for the Bluetooth [...]
NEXT STEP : NEW INSIGHTS
CARING
May 5, 2019
Hi everyone, this week has been pretty quiet for our team as we have worked separtely to prepare for our next interview of Thursday. We have planned a visit at [...]
Something that fits perfectly with our project
Tengo
April 29, 2019
Hello everyone! Nice to be back talking to you :) A couple of weeks ago we stumbled upon the "budget participatif" of City of Lausanne. From the very start we [...]
It’s time to think to our future
CARING
April 28, 2019
Hi everyone ! This sunday morning, our team meets to update our team contract. We were thinking to the future of our project after the trip to China, to our [...]
🌱 – New design, new hardware, new cloud, new interaction
AKANE
April 25, 2019
Dear readers, It is with a real pleasure that we write you again. If you haven't had news from us, it's because we are working hard on having a working [...]
Heptabox
Heptabox
April 21, 2019
Hello everyone! During our last meeting we finally found out a name for our connected pill box that provides medicines for an entire week: Heptabox From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá) [...]
What’s up next?
Hapstick
April 21, 2019
Hi everyone! We are done at MS4 and we are all excited to see what is next for us and we have planned several things for MS5. So, we have [...]
On the processing road to China production !
KNEET
April 21, 2019
Dear followers, In these last days, we go on improving our project. Our designer Fabien is still test and think to a comfortable and desirable solution for sportsman in rehabilitation [...]
It’s shaping up!
CARING
April 21, 2019
Hi everyone, It all start coming together and this is very motivating! Since our last blogpost, we have done some work. Maxim, Urbain and Emilie have started a real collaboration [...]
What’s new for team Vukovi ?
Tengo
April 21, 2019
Hello everyone, Last Thursday we had our fourth milestone during which we present the new direction for the final project. We had great feedback from the CHIC community and what [...]
Meet Hapstick, Caring, Akane and more
ecal, EPFL, Milestone, T-PSY, T-Ψ, TΨ, UNIL, VUKOVI (ВУКОВИ), Wudan, Zhu Zhu
April 19, 2019
Milestone 4 is often a particular moment. Pivoting is no longer really an option. The excitement of first engineering successes is replaced by the challenges of building hardware in a [...]
MS4 – DONE !
NOX
April 19, 2019
Hello everyone, Last Wednesday we had the presentation of the Milestone 4. As we previously explained, we decided to completely re-think the design of our lamps, since it was costly [...]
First prototype
KNEET
April 15, 2019
Hello everyone, [gallery ids="5169,5170"] This week we managed to interact with sensors. We simulated the detection of a leg flection. Moreover, the first PCB prototype has been made and we [...]
Innovation: a key factor
Heptabox
April 13, 2019
Dear readers, Several topics have been discussed during our last team meeting. First, a part of the group will participate to the IoT Workshop which will take place on May [...]
Pivot
NOX
April 10, 2019
Dear All, Yesterday our two designers (Romain and Tanguy) and business developer (Giulia), met with our 2 supervisors from the HEAD. There has been a lot of discussion regarding [...]
Prototyping MS3
Tolbi
April 9, 2019
Dear CHIC Community, During the Milestone 3, we defined the architecture of hydraulic diagram with data collected during the interviews. A presentation have been made by one of our [...]