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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella listens to a group of staff members explain their task at the business’s yearly hackathon in Redmond,Washington Microsoft calls the occasion the “largest private hackathon on the planet.”
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The huge event of coders occurs on the business’s school in 3 air conditioned camping tents, each the size of a football field.
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It’s a vast festival-like environment, where countless developers– in row after row of tables, laptop computers and wires– brainstorm and bring their concepts to life.
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Projects variety from art and style ideas to data processing, monetary tools and ease of access items.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella bounces concepts with among the coders.
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Groups gather together exchanging concepts in a hectic, free-form hacker think tank.
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Teams collect around white boards and screens to conceive their jobs.
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This view offers some concept of the size of among the camping tents.
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A Tee Shirts from Microsoft’s ease of access group.
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Nadella stops to talk with a developer to find out about her ease of access task.
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One of the huge camping tents real estate the hackathon on the Microsoft school mentions an easy objective of the work within. “Hack For Good.”
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More groups at Microsoft’s hackathon.
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Here’s one method to offer developers a sugar rush.
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A group gathers around a display to take a look at the outcomes of their work.
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One of the main mascots of the occasion. This year, Microsoft utilized Transformers- motivated characters.
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Some groups choose to work outside, in fresh air.
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CEO Satya wanders through the camping tents to hear staff members’ concepts and see what they’re dealing with.
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Supplies stations throughout the occasion supply wires, clips, pens and paper.
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A vision impaired developer touches the screen with his face so he can read his code.
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Nadella listens to a group explain their task on digital tattoos.
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This is a proof-of-concept example of the digital tattoo task.
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These small robotic toys were a sought-after memento at the hackathon.
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A real-world example of Microsoft’s objective of inclusivity and ease of access.
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More groups hard at work on their concepts.
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Rows and rows of laptop computers, wires and screens.
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Teams of all sizes came together inRedmon