Garage General Archives | Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/category/garage-general/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:22:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 AI Wings, a Microsoft Garage eco-art installation, takes flight http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2023/10/ai-wings-a-microsoft-garage-eco-art-installation-takes-flight/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:22:00 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/?p=10176 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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]]> Microsoft Global Hackathon 2022 Winner helps people provide tech support to loved ones http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/11/microsoft-global-hackathon-2022-winner-helps-people-provide-tech-support-to-loved-ones/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:28:04 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9884 With the abundance of communications and social apps on phones and PCs, keeping in touch with family and friends is as easy as a push of a button. The potential frustration of figuring out which apps to use, encountering error messages or things simply not working as you expect, has grown too. Usually, a family member or friend is called....

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]]> Microsoft Garage opens in Atlanta as a hub for tech talent and community growth driving innovation and inspiration http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/06/microsoft-garage-opens-in-atlanta-as-a-hub-for-tech-talent-and-community-growth-driving-innovation-and-inspiration/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:57:03 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9806 The Microsoft Garage celebrates a new location at Microsoft’s Atlantic Yards campus to drive experimentation, innovation, and inspiration at Microsoft and in the vibrant city of Atlanta. Atlanta’s skilled workforce is driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, providing an ideal landscape for international and local enterprises to establish a presence and open business. Atlanta has the third largest concentration of Fortune....

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]]> 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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]]> Garage project Journal becomes Microsoft Journal http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/04/garage-project-journal-becomes-microsoft-journal/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:40:20 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9691 Big news for enthusiasts of digital ink—Journal, a Garage project, is now Microsoft Journal. Microsoft Journal, an app for Windows, offers a delightful freeform personal notetaking experience that lets you take notes and reason through ink. Thank you for using Journal as a Garage project. Your input has shaped it into what Microsoft Journal is today. What makes Journal special?....

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]]> The Garage celebrates new locations in East and West Africa http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/03/the-garage-celebrates-new-locations-in-east-and-west-africa/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:56:06 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9667 The Microsoft Garage celebrated the opening of new locations in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria, as part of the growth of the Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC). “These new Garage locations are the culmination of several years of planning with the ADC,” says Jeff Ramos, GM of the Microsoft Garage. “We are pleased to bring to life our commitment to....

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]]> A new way to author and share Excel named formulas: advanced formula environment, a Microsoft Garage project http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/03/a-new-way-to-author-and-share-excel-named-formulas-advanced-formula-environment-a-microsoft-garage-project/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:00:12 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9555 Advanced formula environment, a Microsoft Garage project, enables Excel users to write complex formulas efficiently and then share them in an Office Add-In for Excel. With the recent addition of the LAMBDA function to Excel, it is now possible to author your own custom functions using the same formula language that powers millions of spreadsheets today. Excel LAMBDA significantly expands....

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]]> Garage project Journal celebrates its anniversary with folders to keep you organized http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2022/02/garage-project-journal-celebrates-its-anniversary-with-folders-to-keep-you-organized/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:00:04 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9569 Journal, released as a Microsoft Garage project one year ago, continues to delight today. It is designed—from the ground up—for personal journaling and notetaking with a digital pen. The Journal app is powered by AI to help you write, search, and annotate your ideas quickly and naturally. “We think of Journal and our other incubations as platforms to explore and....

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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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]]> Room to Dream: How the Microsoft Garage is hacking creative culture on a global scale http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2021/10/room-to-dream-how-the-microsoft-garage-is-hacking-creative-culture-on-a-global-scale/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:03:50 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9435 In celebration of the annual Microsoft Hackathon, discover how the Microsoft Garage is hacking creative culture on a global scale. Take a closer look at six of the twelve Garage locations across the world (Dublin, Atlanta, New York, Israel, India, and Nigeria) and how each is collaborating across borders to drive innovation for Microsoft and its customers. Learn about the....

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