In a bid to improve on the native iPhone camera app, Microsoft Research today released a new smart camera app for iPhone, Microsoft Pix, that specializes in photos of people and uses… Read More
The desire to reach out and touch objects in virtual reality appears to be becoming a much more realistic prospect thanks to hand-tracking technology being developed by Microsoft Research. A new… Read More
Searching the internet for more information on medical symptoms you’re suffering from may not be the best way to address a real health concern. But the data from those search queries has proven… Read More
Someday soon, your physician may be second-guessed by an artificial intelligence program – and you’ll probably be healthier for it, according to Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz. Horvitz, a research fellow and managing… Read More
Your house plants are definitely sending you a message when they wilt or drop leaves on the floor. But what if they could actually “speak” to you and convey how… Read More
As Microsoft gets set to ship its HoloLens development kit, it’s previewing a “Star Wars” application called holoportation that takes full advantage of the mixed-reality headset. The effect is like that scene in the… Read More
Minecraft will be the backbone for a new platform designed to help test and improve artificial intelligence applications, Microsoft announced on Monday. The new platform, called AIX, will be made… Read More
How high can the Internet of Things go? Microsoft Research plans to extend the IoT into the stratosphere with its Pegasus II high-altitude balloon experiment, and you’re invited to take… Read More
Personal assistants of the world beware: Cortana just learned another one of your tricks. Microsoft’s AI assistant for Windows 10 will soon be able to scan emails to provide users with… Read More
Data storage is getting better and better, but the final frontier for the long-term preservation of digital bits may well be DNA molecules – and the University of Washington and… Read More
When I was traveling through Beijing earlier this month on a GeekWire reporting trip, my throat became itchy with mucus and my eyes dried up because of the pollution. But locals told me… Read More
Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is speaking quickly inside a Beijing boardroom, excited about the conversation topic. He’s rattling off statistics and talking about Xiaoice, a new personal assistant built by Microsoft that… Read More
When you’re developing technologies that sound like science fiction, why not use science fiction stories to show what you’re up to? That’s the motivation behind “Future Visions,” a free e-book from Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft just revealed a new tool that’s capable of analyzing photos to identify human emotions. For example, imagine sitting in a movie theater with a camera pointed at the audience. Microsoft… Read More
“No human drivers wanted”: That just might be the road sign for the high-speed highway transit lanes of the future, if artificial intelligence and driverless cars turn out the way… Read More
They may not be X-ray specs, but the University of Washington and Microsoft Research are working together to let you see under your skin — and much more. The researchers… Read More
From self-driving cars to computers that can create new meals, artificial intelligence is only getting better. But what will an AI future really look like? New York Times science reporter John… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: A conversation with Kentaro Toyama, the author of “Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology.” The former Microsoft researcher contends… Read More
If you live in the Netherlands and have a fiber connection, you can now use the cloud to heat your home. No, you’re not going to download heat; Dutch company… Read More
Microsoft is releasing a new set of video technologies, Microsoft Hyperlapse, that can turn long, jittery first-person clips into smooth, time-lapse videos. The company is offering Hyperlapse in three versions: mobile apps for Android… Read More
Facebook is strengthening the ranks of its artificial intelligence research team with the addition of six new employees, including three who the company brought on board from positions at Microsoft… Read More
Surrounded by technology in our everyday lives, it’s easy to overlook the everyday miracle of computing. Mobile devices have put the equivalent of supercomputers in our pockets. Machine learning helps to augment and… Read More
Computer scientist Kentaro Toyama is a former Microsoft researcher who co-founded the company’s India research lab, working in the country for many years before becoming a UC Berkeley visiting scholar. He’ll join the faculty at the University of… Read More
A few weeks ago, Microsoft researchers unveiled Hyperlapse — an impressive project that turns first-person videos into smooth, stable time-lapse scenes using some advanced computer science. They released a research paper at the respected SIGGRAPH computer graphics… Read More
Action cameras like the GoPro have made it easy to capture first-person perspectives from daily adventures. But as Microsoft researcher Johannes Kopf discovered, that doesn’t always translate into watchable video. Kopf,… Read More
You’re at a club, dancing to a great DJ, and suddenly your wristband vibrates, signaling that one of your friends hasn’t responded to her wristband’s attempt to make sure she’s still… Read More
A newly surfaced Microsoft Research project embeds an array of sensors into a physical keyboard to let users interact with a computer by swiping their hands across the keys, or… Read More
The 2013 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, has been given to Microsoft Research’s Leslie Lamport, whose behind-the-scenes work brought new levels of reliability and consistency to… Read More
If you want to look smart at your Oscars viewing party tonight, one Microsoft researcher has some good advice. David Rothschild‘s data-fueled prediction resume is quite impressive — from presidential elections… Read More
Kevin Schofield, Microsoft Research’s general manager and chief operations officer, has left the company’s research division after 17 years, he said on Facebook over the weekend. Schofield hasn’t yet announced… Read More