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Coupled with a tiny projector, Skinput can use the skin as a surface on which to display menu choices, a number pad or a screen.

For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence — the use of computers to simulate human thinking. But in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can listen, speak, see, reason…

Researchers at Microsoft Research India have developed a compression and redundancy elimination technology that can operate as a host service in enterprise systems without the use of accelerator devices over a WAN.

Forearm electrodes could enable new forms of hands-free computer interaction.

Tan’s research focuses on the melding of man and machine, specifically using the entire human body as an input device.

Desney Tan’s research focuses on the melding of man and machine, specifically using the entire human body as an input device.

The award for thinking creatively about keyboard replacement goes to a group of Microsoft researchers that includes Daniel Morris and intern Scott Saponas. It’s one of a number of efforts around the country involving muscle…

Songsmith is a very clever piece of software that lets you choose a musical style and sing a song into your PC’s microphone, and then creates an instrumental backing to this melody.

Tan discusses his work combining digital and physical worlds, in which virtual information is layered onto a person’s view of the real world.

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