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We present LightRing, a wearable sensor in a ring form factor that senses the 2D location of a fingertip on any surface, independent of orientation or material.

Introducing 3D-Board, a digital whiteboard capable of capturing life-sized virtual embodiments of geographically distributed users.

Adding assessments in the Conservation Mapping Tool

ΓÇïWe explore grip and motion sensing to afford new techniques that leverage how users naturally manipulate tablet and stylus devices during pen + touch interaction.

Presenting fingertip haptics: touch feedback on flat keyboards and touchscreens.

Among Microsoft Research's contributions to SIGGRAPH 2014, a combined hardware and software solution for markerless reconstruction of non-rigidly deforming physical objects with arbitrary shape in

A brief visual representation of Microsoft Research's contributions to SIGGRAPH 2014.

Larry Larsen from Channel 9 recently sat down with Leslie Lamport, principal researcher at Microsoft Research and 2013 Turing Award winner, to talk about the impact of his work on computer science

Watch Skype's English-German translation in action in this live demo from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014.

Microsoft is working with local stakeholders to improve the lives of fishermen in the Philippines.

John Platt of Microsoft Research discusses deep learning and what makes it different from other types of machine learning.

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During MicrosoftΓÇÖs annual Faculty Summit, universities from around the world send teams of students to present projects with potential real-world impact.

Watch Project Adam identify different breeds of dogs in this demo from the Faculty Summit 2014 keynote address.

Project Adam is a new deep-learning system modeled after the human brain that has greater image classification accuracy and is 50 times faster than other systems in the industry.

Project Louise is an ongoing, multiyear prototyping effort to build an automated personal assistant.

Trishul Chilimbi, Partner Research Manager for Microsoft Research, discusses the possibilities of how artificial intelligence can enhance our lives.

This video by the Association for Computing Machinery reviews the achievements of Leslie Lamport, recipient of the 2013 ACM A.M. Turing Award. ΓÇï

Project Louise is an ongoing, multiyear prototyping effort to build an automated personal assistant.

The Windflow project uses aircraft in flight as a vast sensor network to infer atmospheric conditions with greater accuracy.

Bio Model Analyzer is a new biological modelling tool that illustrates signalling pathways and determines cellular stabilization.

Doug Burger discusses the significant increase in datacenter efficiency based on the new era of programmable hardware.

Project Louise is an ongoing, multiyear prototyping effort to build an automated personal assistant. This video shows Louise on a television.

Paul Larson, Microsoft principal researcher, and Mike Zwilling, principal architect, Microsoft SQL Server, discuss how their collaboration led to the data-access improvements of the Hekaton

What if a wearable device could tell you when you need to step back from the keyboard and take a break before you respond to an email?

Peter Lee, Microsoft Research VP, shares insights and a sneak peek into the Skype Translator, derived from decades of research in speech recognition, automatic translation, and machine learning

Project Type-Hover-Swipe incorporates motion sensing into a keyboard, which detects subtle hand gestures that allow you to manipulate content on the screen.

Presenting two new technologies that empower consumers to design and produce working physical devices customized to their particular needs: A highly interactive, touch-first 3-D printing app makes

Sadia Ahmed explains how to use FetchClimate: a fast, free, intelligent climate information service that operates over the cloud to return exactly the information you need.

Projectors, tablets, and other devices, combined with depth cameras, enable applications to span multiple 'screens.' This work enables webpages to be experienced outside of your PC monitors to take