NEW DELHI: Students can click a picture of a flower, leaf or tree to get information on what they are looking at, through an educational
application called Treefinder.
Better still, they can identify the use of foreign languages and references that they may come
across in a book or online platforms, through Curiosity Cat, while StudyBuddy aids learning
by recording, narrating and displaying lessons to students.
These are some of the innovative applications Microsoft employees have come up with for students in a week-long 'Oneweek' hackathon,
held across 114 countries between July 28 and 31, the biggest in the company's history.
'Oneweek' was described by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as an effort to reinvent the way the company does business and encourage the rise of brilliant ideas regardless of its origins.
"Large-scale hackathons such as these foster an environment where new energy and a brand
new direction for the company is encouraged and celebrated," says Rohit Thakur, head of HR for Microsoft in India.
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application called Treefinder.
Better still, they can identify the use of foreign languages and references that they may come
across in a book or online platforms, through Curiosity Cat, while StudyBuddy aids learning
by recording, narrating and displaying lessons to students.
These are some of the innovative applications Microsoft employees have come up with for students in a week-long 'Oneweek' hackathon,
held across 114 countries between July 28 and 31, the biggest in the company's history.
'Oneweek' was described by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as an effort to reinvent the way the company does business and encourage the rise of brilliant ideas regardless of its origins.
"Large-scale hackathons such as these foster an environment where new energy and a brand
new direction for the company is encouraged and celebrated," says Rohit Thakur, head of HR for Microsoft in India.
http://m.economictimes.com/tech/ites/microsofts-oneweek-throws-up-student-kits/articleshow/44766692.cms
