Extending the reach of care: Tending to patients using chat app technology
| Ding Wang
According to a report released by World Bank and the World Health Organization in 2017, there are nearly 4 billion people worldwide, that’s half of the world population, who lack access to essential healthcare. Although delivering high-quality patient-centered care is…
This practical guide helps UX research and data science teams figure out the right collaboration strategy for a particular project or within a given org structure. It will help kickstart collaborations immediately—no matter a team's level of experience.
Microsoft Rocketbox avatar library now available for research and academic use
| Mar Gonzalez Franco and Eyal Ofek
Virtual reality technology has become popular in recent years thanks to the availability of more affordable systems. Today, we can put on a head-mounted display and find ourselves in a completely different world, a virtual one in which the more…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Supporting your healthcare organization and community during crises
Before working for Microsoft I worked for the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK for nine years, and we had to deal with complex and significant situations regularly, but nothing with the scale and impact of the current pandemic…
In the news | Podcast
Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa on Sustainability Technology for the New Age
AI For Earth is an ambitious mandate to fundamentally change the way human society monitors models and then ultimately manages Earth's natural systems.
In the news | MSPoweruser
Microsoft Research shows off their novel VR cane controller again
Microsoft Research has released another video of their previously demonstrated haptics-enabled cane which allows blind people to navigate VR.
Microsoft’s AI Transformation, Project Turing and smarter search with Rangan Majumder
Rangan Majumder is the Partner Group Program Manager of Microsoft’s Search and AI, and he has a simple goal: to make the world smarter and more productive. But nobody said simple was easy, so he and his team are working…
Data-driven insights for more effective, personalized care in online mental health interventions
| Anja Thieme and Danielle Belgrave
Increases in the occurrence and global effect of mental illness have made the prevention and treatment of mental health problems a public health priority. To address the need for more access to mental health treatment, digital psychotherapy programs, such as…
In the news | Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation Magazine
The story behind that little padlock in your browser
Whenever you see a little padlock in the address bar of your internet browser, as well as when you use apps, email and messaging, you’re relying on something called ‘transport layer security’ or TLS. It’s a protocol that keeps us…