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The products and people advancing technology at Microsoft.

March 1, 2013
Microsoft unveils new Envisioning Center, a hands-on experience with the future that also serves as a laboratory for engineering teams.

Blog post and video

How Microsoft quietly built the city of the future

April 15, 2013
Learn how a small, covert team of Microsoft engineers used an innovative “Internet of Things meets Big Data” model to turn the company’s campus into a highly efficient smart city.

Blog post

Researchers demo the future at TechFest

March 6, 2013
Microsoft Research opens its doors to showcase new projects and discuss key trends shaping the future of technology.

Slideshow

Future of work and play now
on display

March 1, 2013
Microsoft unveils new Envisioning Center, a hands-on experience with the future that also serves as a laboratory for engineering teams.

Blog post and video

How Microsoft quietly built the city of the future

Blog post

Highlights

Nike slam dunks with Kinect window displays

April 3

Interactive store displays animated by the movements of people passing by.

Latest Kinect for Windows SDK opens new doors

March 18

New Software Development Kit 1.7 gives camera the ability to recognize different gestures..

Demos reveal 'intelligent technology'

March 6

TechForum slideshow illustrates how three trends are bringing about a new world.

Take a bow, Oscar predictor!

Feb. 25

Microsoft Research's David Rothschild gets 19 out of 24 right – nearly 80 percent accuracy.

Using tech in new ways to fight TB

Dec. 3

Microsoft Research helps develop system to improve treatment success rates.

Breakthrough in speech translation

Nov. 8

See live English-to-Chinese translation demo by Rick Rashid.

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