Computer Performance Microscopy with SHIM
The BBC micro:bit and Microsoft
Try our Block/JavaScript editor! The BBC and partners, including Microsoft, announce the BBC micro:bit – a pocket-sized, codeable computer that allows children to get creative with technology. Nearly 1 million micro:bits were given to every…
Making mobile phones more useful, and addictive
Posted by Allison Linn Mobile phones and devices have already crossed the line from convenience to necessity, and we will likely grow even more reliant on them in the future. Microsoft researchers are working on…
Devices and Networking Summit – Session 4, Devices for Science
Chair: Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Research Speakers: Martin Wikelski, Max Planck Institute of Ornithology; Jie Liu, Microsoft Research; Jonathan Baillie, Zoological Society of London We are now firmly living in the middle of the ‘Information Age’,…
Devices and Networking Summit – Research in Focus 4, Keeping Control of Security and Privacy…
…in a World of Devices Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research and Peter Druschel, MPI-SWS As more and more devices are connecting to the Internet, the security and privacy of their users are becoming more important than…
Devices and Networking Summit – Demo 2, Circuit Stickers and Conductive Nanoparticle Ink
Steve Hodges, Microsoft Research and Yoshihiro Kawahara, University of Tokyo Circuit stickers let you build electronic prototypes by sticking components like LEDs, sensors and logic onto a substrate which wires them together. We use paper…
Devices and Networking Summit – Welcome and Introduction
Steve Hodges and Ant Rowstron, Summit Co-Chairs, welcome us to the 2015 Devices and Networking Summit.