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Terapixel Project: Lots of Data, Expertise
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How can you achieve the impossible? Easy—as long as you have the right people and the right tools. The Terapixel project from Microsoft Research Redmond is proof positive. The effort—to create the largest,…
Trying to Cure PC Insomnia
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research Everyone understands the energy-saving benefits of shutting down PCs or leaving them on standby before leaving the office. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that companies can achieve cost savings of $25 to $75…
Dans l’actualité | CNN
Microsoft’s Skinput turns hands, arms into buttons
Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their palm to select a menu…
Dans l’actualité | PCWorld
Skinput Makes the Entire Body a Touch Interface
Skinput listens to the sounds made by tapping on parts of a body and pairs those sounds with actions that drive tasks on a computer or cell phone.
CHI 2010 Highlights HCI Diversity
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research One glance at the list of topics featured in the CHI 2010 Technical Program is all it takes to understand the diversity of research disciplines that contribute to the field of human-computer interaction (HCI).…
Dans l’actualité | Boston Globe
Please do not change your password
You were right: Itâs a waste of your time. A study says much computer security advice is not worth following.
Dans l’actualité | BBC News
Sensors turn skin into gadget control pad
Coupled with a tiny projector, Skinput can use the skin as a surface on which to display menu choices, a number pad or a screen.
Dans l’actualité | The New York Times
Computers Learn to Listen, and Some Talk Back
For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence â the use of computers to simulate human thinking. But in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can listen, speak, see, reason and learn, in their way.
Troubleshooting Small Networks
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research If there are network tools for troubleshooting complex corporate networks, then surely there must be simpler, low-end tools to assist the home or small-business network administrator. That was Victor Bahl’s assumption when he went…