Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
Microsoft Research Blog
Toward nanoscale DNA writers: Unlocking scalable DNA data writing technology
Editor’s note: The researchers would like to acknowledge co-authors Christopher Takahashi, Gagan Gupta, Jake Smith, Richard Rouse, Paul Berndt, Sergey Yekhanin, David Ward, Siena Ang, Patrick Garvan, Hsing-Yeh Parker, Rob Carlson, Douglas Carmean, and Luis…
Project
Project Zerix
Transitioned | By exploring new biological and chemical circularity pathways, Project Zerix aims to achieve net-zero embodied carbon and net-zero waste in our datacenters and beyond — eliminating environmental impacts that pose threats to the…
Video
Project MakeAccessible
Around the world, millions of people with disabilities struggle to use personal computers. They struggle because the devices we typically use to interact with PCs are not designed to suit their needs, and the devices…
Dataset Source Code
Jacdac Device Development Kit (DDK)
Jacdac (Joint Asynchronous Communications; Device Agnostic Control) is a single wire broadcast protocol for the plug and play of microcontrollers (MCUs) within the contexts of rapid prototyping, making, and physical computing. The Jacdac Device Development…
Video
A mechatronic shape display based on auxetic materials
Shape displays enable people to touch simulated surfaces. A common architecture of such devices uses a mechatronic pin-matrix. Besides their complexity and high cost, these matrix displays suffer from sharp edges due to the discreet…
