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New ways to double phone battery life
A handful of universities and research labs are working on simple changes to Wi-Fi technology that they say would result in your mobile phone battery lasting two to five times as long as it does today.
2010年6月23日，故宫博物院、微软亚洲研究院和北京大学在故宫博物院举行发布仪式，宣布三方共同合作研发的“走进清明上河图”沉浸式数字音画展示项目正式完成。今后观众在参观故宫时，可以在故宫博物院的书画馆里借助这一创新的多媒体展示平台，在欣赏北宋著名画家张择端的《清明上河图》的同时，身临其境地感受800多年前盛极一时的北宋都城汴梁的社会盛况。 “走进清明上河图”沉浸式数字音画展示项目建设的宗旨是以观...
Microsoft Research and WorldWideScience.org Collaborate to Remove Language Barriers
In Helsinki, Finland, on June 11, during the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) Annual Conference 2010, it was my honor to participate in the announcement of the official launch of multilingual WorldWideScience.org. This new, global resource is…
New Award Honors Significance of Open, Available Data
For several years, Microsoft External Research has been a proud sponsor of the BioMed Central Research Awards. The awards honor excellence in an approach to publishing known as "open access research," whereby content is available not only to subscribers but…
Stanford Students Take to the Cloud
In conducting research, we often look to the past for answers. Today, at Stanford University, I had the opportunity to look to the future. This morning I watched four excellent presentations delivered by the teams of students enrolled in CS210,…
Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Announces Awards
"Software Engineering!? What do I know of computers and software?" So said Archbishop Tutu as he welcomed 700 computer scientists to the 32nd annual International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), held the first week of May in Cape Town, South…
Monitoring the Brazilian Rainforest with a Sensor Network
Last week, at the Microsoft Research sixth annual Latin American Faculty Summit in Guaruja, Brazil, Rob Fatland, program manager with Microsoft Research, and Humberto da Rocha, professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Universidade de São Paulo, led…
Understanding the Rainforest Ecosystem
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research The Brazilian rainforests are of immense importance to the world. They help regulate climate temperatures, create rainfall, and provide habitat for biodiversity. On the southeast coast of Brazil, the Atlantic Rainforest Sensor Networking Project…
Greetings from Brazil: Microsoft Research and FAPESP Open 2010 Latin American Faculty Summit
Impactful research and discovery enhances the quality of life across our planet. That’s one of the reasons I am honored to chair Microsoft Research’s sixth annual Latin American Faculty Summit in Guarujá, Brazil. The summit is a great example of…