The 4th China Hardware Innovation Camp (CHIC) educational project began almost a year ago and the various teams – made up of students from HEC Lausanne (UNIL), EPFL and ECAL – flew to China in July. Their aim was to produce prototypes of the connected objects they had already worked on together. The public will have the opportunity to find out more at the ECAL DemoDay on 28 September. A look back at the highlights of the trip to China and the various lessons our students learned.
What is the CHIC?
The CHIC is a programme supported by various institutions, including the Canton of Vaud, the College of Humanities at EPFL and HEC Lausanne (UNIL). Launched by Marc Laperrouza, Part-Time Lecturer at HEC Lausanne and Scientific Collaborator at EPFL, the programme aims to take a connected object from the initial concept to a tangible item, after just 30 days’ work. The teams, made up of members with complementary skills (future engineers, designers, economists or computer scientists) work together on designing the prototypes. The programme includes a trip to China (Hong Kong and Shenzhen), which allows the various teams to produce their connected objects in small quantities.
One of the highlights of the CHIC is the opportunity for the students to unveil their achievements to the public at the DemoDay at ECAL on 28 September (at 12.30) and at the MassChallenge in early December.
News of the various projects
This year, three students from the Master’s in Information Systems (Sandra Ueberlhart, Victor Dietrich and Estelle Geneux) took part in the CHIC in the following three teams:
Now the three teams just need to present their projects to the public at the DemoDay (ECAL) and the MassChallenge. An experience that will allow them to meet a Swiss audience, this time: save the date if you are keen to meet the entrepreneurs of the future and preview the short film produced in China this year!