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Whole Body Computing
Desney Tan's research focuses on the melding of man and machine, specifically using the entire human body as an input device.
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The Quest for a Better Keyboard
The award for thinking creatively about keyboard replacement goes to a group of Microsoft researchers that includes Daniel Morris and intern Scott Saponas. It's one of a number of efforts around the country involving muscle sensing.
Energy-Efficiency Work Reaps Rewards
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research These days, more than ever, it’s important for computing to be energy-efficient. Particularly in data centers, energy requirements represent a significant portion of operational costs, and power and cooling needs help dictate where…
Researchers Ride the Twitter Wave
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research He rocks in the treetops all the day long, Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ his song. All the little birds on Jaybird Street Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet ……
SIGGRAPH 2009: Work in Graphic Detail
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research With its New Orleans location and a schedule that includes team competitions, an animation festival, musical performances, and a gallery of interactive art, the 36th annual International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and…
From Wal-Mart drag parties to renegade Homemaker’s Clubs, Out in the Country offers an unprecedented contemporary account of the lives of today’s rural queer youth.
SIGIR 2009: Seeking Better Search
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Organizing threaded discussions. Using reasoning to rank answers on community sites. Predicting click-through rates for news queries. Assessing how crawl policies affect the effectiveness of Web search. Taking context into consideration when classifying…
Project Trident: Navigating a Sea of Data
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How deep is the ocean? Geologically, the answer is straightforward: almost seven miles. This we know from a series of surveys, beginning in the 19th century, of the depth of the Mariana Trench,…
When Is a Browser Not a Browser?
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research Once upon a time, Web sites were the online equivalent of data sheets. Now users go to the Web to run business apps, do their banking, buy products, socialize, receive a daily news fix,…