Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:43:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Saving the Planet One Hard Drive at a Time http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2024/09/saving-the-planet-one-hard-drive-at-a-time/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:43:58 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/?p=10302 At the 2022 Microsoft Global Hackathon, Principal Data Scientist Ranganathan Srikanth led the Secure and Sustainable Disposal of Hard Disks project, addressing the environmental and data security challenges posed by data centers. The team developed a robot to disassemble hard drives, enabling the recycling of valuable materials while ensuring data security by destroying sensitive data. This innovation builds on Microsoft’s....

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]]> Welcome to the Digital Preservation of Languages: Microsoft Language Bank http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2024/06/welcome-to-the-digital-preservation-of-languages-microsoft-language-bank/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:34:16 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/?p=10260 The Microsoft Language Bank, an initiative born from the 2022 Microsoft Hackathon, addresses the urgent need to preserve the world’s languages, 40% of which are endangered. Spearheaded by a team of ten in Beijing, the Language Bank employs AI to develop text-to-speech (TTS) technology for underrepresented languages like Inuktitut, Kurmanji, Hakka, and Minnan Chinese. By collecting voice data and innovating....

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]]> Repowering Coal http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2024/05/repowering-coal/ Thu, 30 May 2024 13:05:13 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/?p=10233 A seed of an idea can become a thriving forest. The Microsoft Global Hackathon, the largest private hackathon on the planet, is coming back again this fall. We’ll be sharing stories of some of the winners in the coming months, and we want to share this one with you. On a typical Tuesday morning, Conor Kelly, a 15-year Microsoft veteran,....

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]]> 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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