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Can Robots Have Social Intelligence?
Visiting Eric Horvitz at Microsoft Research headquarters in Redmond, Wash., is a full-service experience. At the building’s first-floor bank of elevators, situated on a busy corridor, a “smart elevator” opens its doors, sensing that you need a ride. When you…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Bing Code Search Makes Developers More Productive
A free add-in makes it easier for .NET developers to search for and reuse code samples from across the coding community.
In the news | Science
How to Hide Your Genome
Cryptologists are perfecting a new privacy tool (homomorphic encryption) that turns genetic information into a secure yet functional format.
In the news | BBC News
Artificial intelligence: How to turn Siri into Samantha
Microsoft is experimenting with AI in lifts and reception desks at its headquarters.
Microsoft Research Sends 3 to CHI Academy
Posted by Rob Knies Each year, SIGCHI, the international society for professionals, academics, and students interested in human technology and human-computer interaction (HCI), announces a short list of individuals who have been elected to the CHI Academy. You might wonder:…
In the news | Graphic Artists Guild
Gigapixel ArtZoom: Focusing on the Seattle Art Scene
In October 2013, Microsoft teamed up with Seattle artists to create Gigapixel ArtZoom, an online panorama that shows off Seattle’s stunning vistas and vibrant art scene.
In the news | Phys.org
Finding more space in spectrum
In Microsoft Research’s Mobility and Networking Research Group, senior researcher Ranveer Chandra has been co-leading the Networking Over White Spaces(KNOWS) project, which explores the use of spectral ‘white spaces.’
Finding More Space in Spectrum
Radio and TV channels, mobile communications, GPS, and emergency communications are just a few examples of applications that occupy the airwaves. The radio spectrum is a finite resource, but demand for bandwidth is accelerating. As a result, the telecommunications industry…
In the news | Daily Mail
Can YOU spot Microsoft’s spaceship? See tech giant’s MASSIVE 20 GIGAPIXEL interactive image of Seattle, complete with Easter eggs
Microsoft has created an interactive billion pixel image of its Seattle base – and hidden a few surprises in there.