sustainability Archives | Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/tag/sustainability/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:15:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 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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]]> Zero Waste Certified: Sustainability at Microsoft Hackathon http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2020/07/zero-waste-certified-sustainability-at-microsoft-hackathon/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:00:35 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=8373 While Microsoft’s Puget Sound campus has achieved Zero Waste Certification since 2016, the Hackathon was the first Microsoft event to achieve that honor in 2018, and again in 2019. With sustainability as a priority, the Hackathon planning teams share details of what it means to be zero waste. Every summer Hackathon brings together employees from different disciplines and organizations, along with....

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]]> Windows Insiders hack sustainability at Microsoft Hackathon http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2020/07/windows-insiders-hack-sustainability-at-microsoft-hackathon/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:00:33 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=8209 What do a forester, a developer, and a software architect have in common? A passion for problem-solving and, as it turns out, stopping illegal timber trade. Antonio de Marco, James Mundy, and Mauro Petrini came together from different corners of the world to participate in the 2019 Microsoft Hackathon. Their objective was protecting biodiversity through sustainable forestry by solving one....

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