Jacob Block, Author at Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/author/jacobb/ Thu, 12 May 2022 20:37:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Coding for the cosmos http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/05/coding-for-the-cosmos/ Wed, 11 May 2022 17:01:26 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9744 Microsoft, NASA, and students from two HBCUs in the Reston/DC area have completed the maiden mission of a new Microsoft/NASA partnership, STEM Educational Project: AI looking for new Earths. Using methodology developed by The Microsoft Garage over years of running hackathons, in just one month – and while completing their final exams – the student hackers learned and deployed several....

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]]> Forest Guard: Microsoft Student Hackathon winners create rapid-response deforestation sensor http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/01/forest-guard-microsoft-student-hackathon-winners-create-rapid-response-deforestation-sensor/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:12:31 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9492 Microsoft Student Hackathon Winner, Forest Guard, is an IoT and machine learning tool for illegal logging and forest fire detection. The 2021 Microsoft Student Hackathon – hosted by The Microsoft Garage and run concurrently with the Microsoft Global Hackathon this year – offered Microsoft summer intern 2021 alumni and their friends a chance to hack real-world challenges in a structured....

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