Video programs

In this edition of House Calls, Bill Crounse, M.D., and his guests take a look at four innovations being developed inside Microsoft Research: the Personal Assistant Scheduling System, DiffIE, Search Vox, and the Omni-Directional Projector. (23:56 min)

A special video edition taking a look at computer software called NxOpinion that allows physicians and other caregivers to more accurately assess a patient's symptoms, arrive at the correct diagnosis, and deliver the safest and most appropriate treatment. (24:04 min.)

A look at two exciting new Tablet PCs from Motion Computing--the Mobile Clinical Assistant (C5) and the full-sized Tablet PC (LE1700) and a discussion about how these devices are being used by clinicians around the world. (21:53 min.)

A look at the surprising incidence of permanent and temporary disability and a demonstration of speech recognition and other accessibility tools available in Windows Vista.

Part 1 looks at MSR's efforts developing advanced ideas for time and resource management such as automating the prioritization of tasks by monitoring the formatting of emails and a peek at the sort of software that might give all of us our own [virtual] executive assistant. In part 2, you'll discover a new way to interact with a computer and its implications for healthcare--the Play Anywhere prototype (now released as Surface Computing) uses a clever combination of a projector, a camera and a computer to develop what is probably the most intuitive human interface for digital information yet (reminiscent of an unforgettably futuristic scene in Minority Report).