{"id":5642,"date":"2018-07-23T07:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/garage-en-us\/?p=5642"},"modified":"2019-06-12T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T22:24:44","slug":"ready-set-go-microsofts-annual-hackathon-is-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/garage\/blog\/2018\/07\/ready-set-go-microsofts-annual-hackathon-is-in-full-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready, set, go! Microsoft&#8217;s annual Hackathon is in full swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 a greater focus on inclusion, accessibility, and social change, said Susie Kandzor, group manager of the hackathon.<\/p>\n<p>While fun, camaraderie and collaboration are operating principles of a hacking culture,\u00a0 this kind of creativity can also be great for business.\u00a0 See some of the results by checking out Microsoft Garage <a href=\"https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/garage\/workbench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experimental projects<\/a> and projects honored on <a href=\"https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/garage\/wall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Garage Wall of Fame<\/a> such as <a href=\"https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/garage\/wall-of-fame\/seeing-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seeing AI<\/a> and <a href=\"https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/garage\/wall-of-fame\/farmbeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FarmBeats.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video\" title=\"Microsoft\u2019s Hackathon: the largest private hackathon in the world\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mgH1mMZGu2U?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Get a view into the 2018 Hackathon and one person&#8217;s goal to hack her own non-profit with the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/life\/hackathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full story<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/life\/hackathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft News Center.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s annual Hackathon, now celebrating its fifth year. 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