Institute for interactive research : don’t click
It’s very hard not to use your mouse at first, but this site really shows it can be done and after 30 seconds or so your used to it .. almost … dontclick.it
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Microsoft Center for Information Work – Future Desktop
Quite a cool demo of a concept of the future desktop … Video: Microsoft IW – Future Desktop
Microsoft Previews Surreal Future
Why wasn’t I born a wizz kid ? Working at Microsoft Research on any Research department in a successful technolgy organsiation sure looks like a very nice place to work …. and play 😀 Plunk your digital camera down on…
Scoble: Microsoft Researches Better Than Google
Sure you’d think Robert Scoble is biased because Microsoft is his former employer … nevertheless some cool insights in MS Research’s activities. During a recent training week back in February we’ve had a keynote of about an hour from MS…
Mobile Platform Devices Become Data Collectors
Cool stuff by MS Research. Last week I saw some very nice presentations by our head of research. These people do awesome stuff 🙂 Mobile sensor-driven applications moved a step closer to reality in late December, when Microsoft announced the…
Photosynth – Something Microsoft is cooking in Microsoft Live Labs
Photosynth is a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Washington based on the groundbreaking research of Noah Snavely (UW), Steve Seitz (UW), and Richard Szeliski (Microsoft Research). Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or object,…
Microsoft wil de wereld ‘real-time’ in kaart brengen
Erg handig voor files, snelheidscontroles, beschikbare parkeerplaatsen, enz … Onderzoekers bij Microsoft werken aan een nieuwe technologie waarmee gebruikers via het internet routekaarten kunnen raadplegen die tevens actuele informatie geven over bijvoorbeeld benzineprijzen, verkeersdrukte en wachttijden in restaurants. [Via Personal…
Microsoft Research Projects Range from Serious to a Starbucks Finder
I like the Starbucksfinder 🙂 The only issue is there is only a handful in The Netherlands 🙁 (starBucks’ I mean) Microsoft researchers including Andy Wilson and Larry Zitnick demonstrate their latest research innovations during Microsoft Research’s annual TechFest event.…
Stepping Through Your Inbox: One of Many Innovations in the Spotlight at Microsoft Research TechFest
“reading” email with your feet 🙂 ? Annual showcase of emerging technologies includes a prototype that creates a more dynamic and compelling way to interact with a computer using foot controls. [Via Microsoft Research News and Headlines]
Rick Rashid: Microsoft’s Right Brain
[Via Peter O’Kelly’s Reality Check] has a nice short clipping on MS Research. Unfortunatly Peter quotes a lot of articles that require subscriptions, so you have to do ot with this, except opcourse if you are one of the few…