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Microsoft adds Star Trek Easter egg to Bing.com

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:44:23 +0100

Microsoft has announced that, in its latest tie-in to the movie Star Trek Into Darkness, it has added an Easter Egg in its Bing.com website if you type a secret phrase in the search bar. Read more...

'Iron Man 3' movie makers got some advice from Microsoft

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:10:26 +0100

Microsoft has revealed that the producers of the mega-successful summer movie Iron Man 3 came to the company's Microsoft Research division to ask for advice about interactive technology. Read more...

Microsoft Research creates new interactive work ID badge

John Callaham — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:04:18 +0100

A team at the Microsoft Research Cambridge office has created a prototype of a new kind of word ID badge that is connected to a belt loop and has an LCD screen to deliver electronic content. Read more...

Microsoft hiring for "body-double" telepresence project

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:23:32 +0100

Microsoft is currently hiring for team members to work on a telepresence project that involves making a "realistic physical 'body-double' or proxy in a remote meeting." Read more...

Microsoft: Smartwatches are a "possibility," lots of cool stuff coming

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:41:02 +0100

Rick Rashid, Microsoft's chief research officer, has given an interview with The Verge where he states that a Microsoft smartwatch is a "possibility," but the market may not be there. Read more...

Microsoft talks about its environmental efforts on Earth Day 2013

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:43:24 +0100

Today is Earth Day 2013 and Microsoft is using that day to talk about its own environmental efforts, including projects that are designed to use renewable energy for its operations. Read more...

Microsoft launches GeoFlow preview for Excel 2013; 3D visuals for data

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:46:34 +0100

Microsoft has launched the first public preview of its GeoFlow project made for Excel 2013, offering users a way to view Excel spreadsheet data as 3D visuals on software such as Bing Maps. Read more...

Microsoft adviser: Apple does not have a lock on innovation

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:04:36 +0100

Craig Mundie, Microsoft's former chief research officer and now a senior adviser, stated this week Microsoft can be innovative, adding, "I don't think Apple has any lock on this stuff at all." Read more...

Leaked video shows Microsoft's Excel natural language project

John Callaham — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:36:20 +0000

A newly leaked video from Microsoft's recent TechFest shows off Project Analyze, a research effort to add ways to type in simple commands in Excel to perform various tasks. Read more...

Microsoft Research pushes mobile payments to the creepy edge with Zero Effort Payment

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:19:32 +0000

Microsoft Research is testing a mobile payment method that takes a new different approach. It combines Bluetooth and Kinect for facial recognition and the customer doesn't have to do anything. Read more...

Microsoft's Socl social network updated with new features

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:31:09 +0000

Microsoft has added some new features to its Socl social networking service, including some improvements for navigating posts, better post creation tools and more. Read more...

Microsoft Research making Bing Now app project for Windows Phone

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:50:15 +0000

Microsoft Research is developing a new app project for Windows Phone called Bing Now that's designed to use a smartphone's microphone to collect the most recent information about a location. Read more...

Microsoft's Kinect Fusion can help doctors eat ... er, scan brains

John Callaham — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:31:36 +0000

Microsoft Research is developing a way to use the upcoming Kinect Fusion update for Kinect for Windows to help doctors see inside a person's brain before they perform surgery. Read more...

Microsoft TechFest 2013: Making avatars, 3D displays and more

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Microsoft held its annual TechFest event this week, where it put the spotlight on a number of its projects from its Microsoft Research division, including a way to make 3D avatars from a person's body Read more...

Microsoft Research shows how to interact with really big touchscreens

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:50:13 +0000

Microsoft Research is developing ways that people can interact with the larger touchscreens of the future, including a way to use a Windows Phone device to manipulate the screen. Read more...

Microsoft Research shows Kinect can be good with hands; example of Kinect 2.0?

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:30:26 +0000

Microsoft Research has released a new video showing a version of the Kinect motion capture hardware that tracks hand movement more clearly in what may be an example of what Kinect 2.0 can do. Read more...

Microsoft Research working on making Excel easier to use

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:23:16 +0000

Microsoft Research is working on a way to embed new software inside the company's Excel spreadsheet program that will make labeling items in the spreadsheet easier for users. Read more...

Microsoft Research's ViralSearch finds how things go viral

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:20:23 +0000

Microsoft Research has developed a new system of mining data called ViralSearch that examines how a YouTube video or a Twitter post "goes viral" in various social networks. Read more...

Microsoft Research is making a whiteboard that finishes sketches

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:50:23 +0000

Microsoft Research is working on an interactive whiteboard project called SketchInsight that is designed to actually finish sketches and diagrams made by its users on its own. Read more...

Microsoft's vision of the future is all about touch and massive displays

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:35:08 +0000

Microsoft has launched a revamp of its Envisioning Center, which is designed to showcase how future technology products could be used in the workplace and in the home. Read more...