Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
Video
Mouse 2.0: Multi-Touch Meets the Mouse
This video shows 5 different prototypes of multi-touch mice. Each prototype explores a different sensing strategy, physical form-factor, and interactive capabilities
Project
Topological Quantum Computing
Quantum computers should be capable of performing tasks that would be very difficult, if not impossible, with digital computers, such as finding the prime factors of large numbers, searching large databases, and simulating quantum systems.…
Microsoft Research Blog
Remote Meetings: Thinking Inside the Box
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research George Robertson is taking this meeting seriously. He focuses intently on other participants in the room, making eye contact, noting posture and visual cues, interjecting comments when appropriate.…
Publication
Modular Data Centers: How to Design Them?
Video
Separability of Spatial Manipulations in Multi-touch Interfaces
Multi-touch interfaces allow users to translate, rotate, and scale digital objects in a single interaction. However, this freedom represents a problem when users intend to perform only a subset of manipulations. A user trying to…
