Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
Project
PreHeat: Controlling Home Heating With Occupancy Prediction
Home heating uses more energy than any other residential energy expenditure, making increasing the efficiency of home heating an important goal for saving money and protecting the environment. We have built a home-heating system, PreHeat,…
Video
Recognizing Pen Grips for Natural User Interaction
By combining multitouch sensor and orientation sensor on a digital pen, we can recognize how the user is holding it. Exactly like in the real world people hold different tools differently, the user can now…
Video
3-D, Photo-Real Talking Head
Dynamic texture mapping helps bypass the difficulties in rendering soft tissues like lips, tongue, eyes, and wrinkles, moving us one step closer to being able to create a more realistic personal avatar.
Video
Applied Sciences Group: Smart Interactive Displays
Steven Bathiche, Director, Microsoft Applied Sciences, shares his team’s latest work on the next generation of Smart Interactive Displays.
