#imaginecup

[sensationally-senseless]

🌟 Help Me Out with a Quick Click! 🌟

Hey everyone! I’m currently participating in a super exciting challenge sponsored by Microsoft as part of my role as a Student Ambassador at my university. 🎓✨ This is an amazing opportunity for me, but I need a little bit of help from all of you to make it count!

Here’s the deal: I need to hit a target by getting clicks on a few links to earn points. It’s really simple—just click on the links below and then hit back. That’s all you need to do! 🖱️🔗

Why is this important? 🤔 If I don’t meet the target, I won’t be able to earn the university credits I need for this challenge. Your clicks can make a huge difference in helping me succeed!

How to Help:

Click on each of the links below.

Hit back to return to this post.

Repeat for each link!

Links to Click: 1. Azure 2. VSCode 3. DevBlogs 4. DotNet 5. Microsoft Developer 6. ImagineCup 7. Microsoft Learn 8. Microsoft Cloud 9. StartUps 10. MVP 11. Microsoft Tech Community

It’s a small favor that could mean a lot for my academic journey. If you can spare a moment, it would really mean the world to me! 💖🙏

Thank you so much for your support! 🚀💪

#UniversityChallenge #Microsoft #StudentAmbassador #HelpNeeded #QuickClick #Support #TechChallenge #UniversityLife #StudentSupport #Credits #ClickForPoints #ThankYou

[god-arceus]

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[dronacharyacollege]

Microsoft Imagine Cup

You all have proven that diligence and learning end up contributing to outstanding results. Our warmest congratulations to all of you. We all are so proud on it.

We wish you all good luck and more power to face new challenges on greater heights. Congratulations!

[rog42]

Remember when it was safe, we could afford, and were allowed to travel. For the next few #fbf #flashbackfriday I'll be going through places I've travelled as reflected through our fridge magnets. . This week is Egypt, where I was privileged to captain the scoring at Microsoft's WW Imagine Cup competition on 2009. . We rode camels at the pyramids, had an amazing competition, sailed on the Nile, and then I caught a train to explore Alexandria, the home of @evronia one of my MS Student Partner competition aides. . #thebestoftimes #livingrocks #nokillswitch #imaginecup #fridgemagnetseries (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHh3wZFnlqQ/?igshid=14t4die3iyuvv

[35academy]

When you hear the word "science", you think of chemicals, explosions, and gravity. But science is so much more than that. Science is so much broader, yet so much more specific. While science does cover chemicals, explosions, and gravity, there's also health, psychiatry, space exploration, life, and technology. Within every single facet of science, there are thousands and thousands of different details, formulas, and theorems to learn. If you really took the time to learn everything there is to know about science, you would know so much more than most people would ever learn in their entire lifetime. If you learn enough, you can participate in competitions, in tournaments, like the Microsoft Imagine Cup. Who knows? Maybe you'll even win! https://www.35academy.com/post/test-your-skills-in-the-microsoft-imagine-cup

[chrisdofdof]

Watch Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010 World Championship Live @ www.microsoftcaregh.com . . #imagineCup . . #microsoft #cloudservices #microsoftbuild #microsoftbuild2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHs-tHAYwR/?igshid=zz8quay2nkis

[ufsc-compete-blog]

❗️Olha só o que o Gerente de Inovação da @microsoft tem a dizer!😱🔝❗️ . . 🔶Não percam! Dia 9 a 13 de abril, no Centro de Eventos da UFSC🔶 . . 🔻Inscreva-se gratuitamente: bit.do/Inscricao1SemanaCompete . . 🔸Palestras, workshops, minucursos, simuladores, muitos sorteios, dinâmicas e muiiito mais!!🔸 . . . . . #SemanaCompete #Microsoft #RodrigoDias #ImagineCup #competicao (em UFSC)

[edensjasmine]

Who knew I would spend my last day at Microsoft here. #imaginecup #techcoach #inittowinit (at Microsoft Production Studios)

[fannysparty]

Jury in the elevator #imaginecup #microsoft #theta360fr (à Microsoft Issy Les Moulineaux)

[artur31415-blog]

Coding all day on some ideas for the Imagine Cup project. It sucks that i don't have a windows phone. But all will work on the end. I hope. Hahahahahhaa #programm #programming #programmieren #programmierung #программист #code #coder #programmer #csharp #java #visualstudio #androidstudio #mvs #project #developer #windowsphone #android #androiddeveloper #mobile #azure #cloudcomputing #azurewindow #imaginecup #imaginecup2017

[raisemyvoice-ic-blog]

Preparing for the great presentation, almost ready. Every thing has got to be perfect ! :) Follow us for more updates 

[chelagustin]

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. And today you nailed it Ms. Rose and Ms. Rhea... Congratulations for the success on today's #ImagineCup info session event.

[praktoreiomagazine-blog]

Τεύχος 58: Η ζωή στο μετρό

#ΕΔΩ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ

Παγκόσμια διάκριση σε τέσσερις φοιτητές του Αριστοτέλειου

Π. Γιούλτση

Χαµόγελα πλατιά και ελπιδοφόρα. Και δικαίως αφού ο Βασίλης Μπαλτατζής, η Μαργαρίτα Μπίντσι, ο Ηλίας Χρυσοβέργης και ο Γιώργος Σχινάς (από τα αριστερά προς τα δεξιά) µπορούν να ατενίζουν το µέλλον τους µε αισιοδοξία, έχοντας κατακτήσει την πρώτη θέση στην κατηγορία World Citizenship (Παγκόσµια Ιθαγένεια) του παγκόσµιου διαγωνισµού “Microsoft Imagine Cup” που οργανώθηκε το περασµένο καλοκαίρι στο Σιάτλ των ΗΠΑ.

Η οµάδα “Amanda”στην οποία ανήκουν οι τέσσερις φοιτητές του Τµήµατος Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστηµίου Θεσσαλονίκης, µε την καθοδήγηση του καθηγητή τους Λεόντιου Χατζηλεοντιάδη, διαγωνίστηκαν στην κατηγορία που απευθύνεται σε όσους έχουν στ��χο να κάνουν τον κόσµο καλύτερο, µέσω της τεχνολογίας. Ανέπτυξαν µια εφαρµογή για κινητά τηλέφωνα µε στόχο την ευαισθητοποίηση των χρηστών για το φαινόµενο του σχολικού εκφοβισµού και τη διαχείρισή του. Και ήταν αυτή που τους ανέβασε στην κορυφή. Η εφαρµογή απευθύνεται σε µαθητές γυµνασίου. Τους προσφέρει περιήγηση µε µάσκες εικονικής πραγµατικότητας σε έναν κόσµο που ακολουθεί τη λογική ενός παιχνιδιού και δίνει πόντους και ανταµοιβές σε κάθε περίπτωση σωστής διαχείρισης περιστατικών εκφοβισµού. Με τον τρόπο αυτό αυξάνεται η ευαισθητοποίηση του χρήστη και ο βαθµός ενσυναίσθησης των παιδιών ώστε να αντιµετωπίζουν µε αυτοπεποίθηση τέτοιες καταστάσεις.

Παρά τη διάκριση οι δηµιουργοί του λογισµικού παραµένουν µετριόφρονες. Όταν ο Γιώργος Σχινάς ερωτάται πώς βλέπει τα πράγµατα από εκεί, από την πρώτη θέση όπου βρέθηκαν, απαντά: “Σίγουρα έχει αλλάξει η οπτική. Στην αρχή δεν ήµασταν σίγουροι ότι θα τα πάµε τόσο καλά αλλά φτάνοντας στην κατάκτηση του αρχικού µας στόχου διαπιστώσαµε ότι η πραγµατικότητα ξεπέρασε κάθε προσδοκία µας. Βέβαια δεν είµαστε στην κορυφή του βουνού αλλά στους πρόποδες. Υπάρχουν ακόµη πολλά πράγµατα που µπορούν να γίνουν και να δηµιουργήσουν προοπτικές εξέλιξης και στόχους προς κατάκτηση”.

Στο ερώτηµα: “γιατί επιλέξατε αυτή την κατηγορία;” απαντά λακωνικά: “Μας ταίριαζε”. Εξηγεί ότι η “Amanda”θα µπορούσε να διαγωνιστεί και στην κατηγορία της καινοτοµίας, όµως επέλεξε τελικά την κατηγορία που θεώρησε ότι ταιριάζει καλύτερα στη χροιά που ήθελε να δώσει στη συµµετοχή της στο διαγωνισµό. “Πιάσαµε ένα παγκόσµιο πρόβληµα, αυτό του σχολικού εκφοβισµού, θέλοντας να κάνουµε κάτι που θα βοηθήσει. Πιστεύουµε ότι πιο σηµαντικό είναι το κοινωνικό πρόσηµο και λιγότερο το επιχειρηµατικό” προσθέτει.

Μιλώντας για την επιτυχία αναφέρει: “ανταµείφθηκαν οι κόποι µας, υπήρξε µια ικανοποίηση που µας δίνει το κουράγιο και την αυτοπεποίθηση για να συνεχίσουµε. Μας βοήθησε να δούµε τα πράγµατα έξω από την ελληνική πραγµατικότητα, έξω από την πόλη µας, έξω από τη σχολή µας, σε ένα παγκόσµιο επίπεδο”.

Απευθυνόµενος στη νέα γ��νιά µεταφέρει το µήνυµα της συνεχούς προσπάθειας και υπογραµµίζει πως “όσοι αγαπάνε αυτό που κάνουν και προσπαθούν αρκετά, δεν υπολείπονται σε τίποτε σε σχέση µε τους άλλους, κι αυτό είναι το βασικότερο από όλα”. Ενηµερώνει, όσους ενδεχοµένως δεν έχουν τους απαιτούµενους πόρους για να συµµετέχουν στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία, ότι ο τοµέας της καινοτοµίας στο λογισµικό προσφέρει πολλές δυνατότητες για δωρεάν µάθηση on line και προσθέτει ότι το µόνο που απαιτείται είναι µεράκι και καλή διάθεση.

Στην ανατολή του 2017 ο Γιώργος Σχινάς δηλώνει χαρούµενος και µε πολύ όρεξη για δουλειά. Στην αναφορά µας για το φαινόµενο του brain drain (µαζική µετανάστευση µυαλών) επισηµαίνει πως “όλα τα παιδιά της οµάδας εξετάζουµε όλα τα ενδεχόµενα, αλλά το να φύγουµε από τη χώρα δεν πρέπει και δεν είναι αυτοσκοπός. Ζητούµενο είναι να βρει ο καθένας πού µπορεί να είναι καλύτερος. Αν µας δοθεί η ευκαιρία να κάνουµε αυτ�� που θέλουµε στη χώρα µας τότε δεν έχουµε κανένα λόγο να φύγουµε”.

[dronacharyagroupofinstitutions]

Glimpses of Imagine Camp 2023 

Microsoft is all set to host the Global Technology and Innovation #competition, the 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, an amazing opportunity for the students to showcase their technical skills at #international level. 

To help the students understand the format, concepts, and scheduling of various aspects of Imagine Cup, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida hosted an awareness event, the Microsoft Imagine Camp, jointly conducted by Infispark and Microsoft. 

Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida congratulates all the organizers for the successful conduction of the event. 

#ImagineCup #MSFTImagineCup #2023ImagineCup #Competition #Compete #Microsoft #Tech #Technology #MSFTStudentAmbassadors #Passion #Future #Innovation #Community #Education #Connect #Skills #Learn #Student #Developer #Coding #Programming #DronacharyaGroupofInstitutions #GreaterNoida #bestengineeringcollege #multipleplacements #TopEngineeringCollege #UttarPradesh #delhincr

[acharya123himal]

Nepali team advanced to Imagine Cup 2021 Final securing position in top 12!

Nepali team advanced to Imagine Cup 2021 Final securing position in top 12!

Nepali team advanced to #ImagineCup World Finals securing top 12 spots From the thousands of participants of 163 countries, 39 teams are now advanced to World Finals.And a team from Nepal also advanced to final securing the position in top 12. Earth, Education, Healthcare and lifestules are the four categories of competition where world finalist are representing. Who are the Finalist in 2021…

[kindlecomparedinfo]

SmartArm’s AI-powered prosthesis takes the prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

A pair of Canadian students making a simple, inexpensive prosthetic arm have taken home the grand prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, a global startup competition the company holds yearly. SmartArm will receive $85,000, a mentoring session with CEO Satya Nadella, and some other Microsoft goodies. But they were far from the only worthy team from the dozens that came to Redmond to compete.

The Imagine Cup is an event I personally look forward to, because it consists entirely of smart young students, usually engineers and designers themselves (not yet “serial entrepreneurs”) and often aiming to solve real-world problems.

In the semi-finals I attended, I saw a pair of young women from Pakistan looking to reduce stillbirth rates with a new pregnancy monitor, an automated eye-checking device that can be deployed anywhere and used by anyone, and an autonomous monitor for water tanks in drought-stricken areas. When I was their age, I was living at my mom’s house, getting really good at Mario Kart for SNES and working as a preschool teacher.

Even Nadella bowed before their ambitions in his appearance on stage at the final event this morning.

“Last night I was thinking, ‘What advice can I give people who have accomplished so much at such a young age?’ And I said, I should go back to when I was your age and doing great things. Then I realized…I definitely wouldn’t have made these finals.”

That got a laugh, but (with apologies to Nadella) it’s probably true. Students today have unbelievable resources available to them and as many of the teams demonstrated, they’re making excellent use of those resources.

Congratulations to Team smartARM from #Canada, champion of today's #ImagineCup! Watch the live show on demand at https://t.co/BLxnJ9FGxJ pic.twitter.com/86itWke2du

— Microsoft Imagine (@MSFTImagine) July 25, 2018

SmartArm in particular combines a clever approach with state of the art tech in a way that’s so simple it’s almost ridiculous.

The issue they saw as needing a new approach is prosthetic arms, which as they pointed out are often either non-functional (think just a plastic arm or simple flexion-based gripper) or highly expensive (a mechanical arm might cost tens of thousands). Why can’t one be both?

Their solution is an extremely interesting and timely one: a relatively simply actuated 3D-printed forearm and hand that has its own vision system built in. A camera built into the palm captures an image of the item the user aims to pick up, and quickly classifies it — an apple, a key ring, a pen — and selects the correct grip for that object.

The user activates the grip by flexing their upper arm muscles, an action that’s detected by a Myo-like muscle sensor (possibly actually a Myo, but I couldn’t tell from the demo). It sends the signal to the arm to activate the hand movement, and the fingers move accordingly.

It’s still extremely limited — you likely can’t twist a doorknob with it, or reliably grip a knife or fork, and so on. But for many everyday tasks it could still be useful. And the idea of putting the camera in the palm is a high-risk, high-reward one. It is of course blocked when you pick up the item, but what does it need to see during that time? You deactivate the grip to put the cup down and the camera is exposed again to watch for the next task.

Bear in mind this is not meant as some kind of serious universal hand replacement. But it provides smart, simple functionality for people who might otherwise have had to use a pincer arm or the like. And according to the team, it should cost less than $100. How that’s possible to do including the arm sensor is unclear to me, but I’m not the one who built a bionic arm so I’m going to defer to them on this. Even if they miss that 50 percent it would still be a huge bargain, honestly.

There’s an optional subscription that would allow the arm to improve itself over time as it learns more about your habits and objects you encounter regularly — this would also conceivably be used to improve other SmartArms as well.

As for how it looks — rather robotic — the team defended it based on their own feedback from amputees: “They’d rather be asked, ‘hey, where did you get that arm?” than ‘what happened to your arm?’ ” But a more realistic-looking set of fingers is also under development.

The team said they were originally looking for venture funding but ended up getting a grant instead; they’ve got interest from a number of Canadian and American institutions already, and winning the Imagine Cup will almost certainly propel them to greater prominence in the field.

My own questions would be on durability, washing, and the kinds of things that really need to be tested in real-world scenarios. What if the camera lens gets dirty or scratched? Will there be color options for people that don’t want to have white “skin” on their arm? What’s the support model? What about insurance?

SmartArm takes the grand prize, but the runners up and some category winners get a bunch of good stuff too. I plan to get in touch with SmartArm and several other teams from the competition to find out more and hear about their progress. I was really quite impressed not just with the engineering prowess but the humanitarianism and thoughtfulness on display this year. Nadella summed it up best:

“One of the things that I always think about is this competition in some sense ups the game, right?” he said at the finals. “People from all over the world are thinking about how do I use technology, how do i learn new concepts, but then more importantly, how do I solve some of these unmet, unarticulated needs? The impact that you all can have is just enormous, the opportunity is enormous. But I also believe there is an amazing sense of responsibility, or a need for responsibility that we all have to collectively exercise given the opportunity we have been given.”

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