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AI Wings, a Microsoft Garage eco-art installation, takes flight

Garage Team — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:22:00 +0000

The Microsoft Garage Beijing has recently unveiled a new eco-art installation at the Microsoft Beijing campus: AI Wings showcases the fusion of technology and environmental conservation. The installation, co-created by the Microsoft Garage, is made from waste materials such as plastic bags, fabric, and wastepaper, which are cut and assembled into a pair of colorful wings. The wings are then....

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A new ink-first experience with Journal, a Microsoft Garage project

Garage Team — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:28:40 +0000

There’s something magical when inspiration hits: that moment when a great idea starts to form, where you finally solve a big problem, or you find moments in the day to process your thoughts. For many of us the way to express this inspiration is through writing. We reach for a piece of paper to start capturing our ideas. We sketch....

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Hackathon project mirrors courage, accelerates progress in the Microsoft Garage Residency

Garage Team — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:35:04 +0000

The project team of epilepsy data tracking app “MirrorHR” finds success and support in a Residency with The Garage. For seven years, Microsoft’s Hackathon has sparked new opportunities and given employees the creative space to champion innovative solutions and ideas that can make a difference and solve critical problems. MirrorHR is here to accomplish just that, to achieve a vast....

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Unleash Your Creativity

Garage Team — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:00:19 +0000

Microsoft Garage recently hosted an opportunity for children of Microsoft employees to create artwork to share their ideas for solutions, and offer a helping hand in bringing communities together during this global pandemic. As times have brought work and home together, many kids need new forms of engagement. Originating from Garage Israel, the idea was quickly replicated across the globe,....

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Introducing the Grand Prize Winner of Hackathon 2018, a project team exploring new paradigms in advertising

Garage Team — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:10:55 +0000

Wei Liu, senior software engineer for Bing Ads in Suzhou and one of the 15 members of the winning team, believes that for success, “interest and passion are your best friends.” Previous winners of Microsoft’s annual Hackathon have accomplished great success, and the future is bright for the 2018 winners. Based in China, Liu and his teammates will have the....

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Watch For, Hackathon 2017 winner, powers Mixer’s massively successful HypeZone

Garage Team — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:00:51 +0000

HypeZone, released in December 2017, rapidly gained millions of new users to livestream community Mixer. HypeZone’s secret weapon? The 2017 Hackathon Grand Prize Winner, Watch For, a Microsoft Garage project. Last month, Microsoft’s fifth annual One Week Hackathon wrapped up with astounding numbers. This year, during the largest private hackathon on the planet, over 23,000 employees registered to hack, and....

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Ready, set, go! Microsoft’s annual Hackathon is in full swing

Garage Team — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:27:57 +0000

Last year, more than 18,000 people across 400 cities and 75 countries came together to bring world-changing new ideas to life at Microsoft’s annual Hackathon, now celebrating its fifth year. Every year, Hackathon takes on new and greater challenges. Last year, artificial intelligence (AI) emerged as the hot hack theme. This year, the energy around AI continues, as well as....

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Vancouver Garage Interns help BC Cancer Foundation research cancer by using holograms

Garage Team — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:37:23 +0000

BC Cancer Foundation and Garage interns at Microsoft in Vancouver teamed up to create a mixed reality solution using HoloLens to visualize tumors at single-cell resolution for cancer research. The Holographic Cancer Cell Visualizer is an interactive prototype that allows scientists to study in 3D holograms the make-up of tumor cells and spatial relationships between cell types, something that has....

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Microsoft Garage expansion continues with grand opening at New England Research Development Center

Garage Team — Tue, 22 May 2018 14:00:58 +0000

The seventh Microsoft Garage just opened its doors at the New England Research & Development Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts (or “NERD”). Hundreds of students, educators, and tech pros flocked to the three-day event introducing local Microsoft teams, innovative projects they are working on—and the Garage equipment and spaces that the Boston area community can use to connect with Microsoft and....

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From plants in the ground to drones in the sky, this Microsoft engineer puts her creativity to work

Garage Team — Fri, 11 May 2018 13:00:07 +0000

Microsoft employee Guada Casuso is a tech enthusiast who thrives on creativity, envisioning a future where AI could save the world. She has a knack for bringing others along as she explores new obsessions and possibilities where creativity and technology intersect. Casuso is constantly dreaming up ways to combine her love for agriculture, knowledge in IoT and AI technologies, and....

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