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Microsoft Expressive Pixels lets users express themselves on LED screens

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 06:15:25 +0000

Microsoft’s Expressive Pixels app is now available to download on Windows 10 for free via the Microsoft Store. As the name suggests, the Expressive Pixels app will let users express themselves using visuals or emoji on an LED device. Using Expressive Pixels, Microsoft hopes to take your non-verbal, visual communication to a whole different level. […]

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Microsoft develops TOuch Rigid Controller (TORC), an advanced virtual reality controller

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:35:38 +0000

Virtual reality and Augmented Reality controllers have taken Haptic technology to new heights. Simple haptic devices available in the form of common game controllers, joysticks, and steering wheels have found much acceptance in the digital age. Besides, the easy manipulation of these tools via a combination of visual stimuli and haptic sensation renders a compelling […]

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Microsoft Research introduces a bot that can draw anything you want

AyushVij@TWCN — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:35:30 +0000

Microsoft Research is involved in bringing groundbreaking tech to humans. Earlier, we saw a prototype of 3D Touch where hovering over a touchscreen device would help the user in interacting with the device. This tech was also seen in the canceled Lumia McLaren Prototype that was leaked. They bought the concept of Augmented Reality headsets […]

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Microsoft launches Ether-based Coco Framework for enterprise blockchain networks

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:49:59 +0000

Although Blockchain technology has attracted the interest of large enterprises, its development across the financial sector has largely remained indifferent. Microsoft wants to shed this reticence through the release of its Coco Framework, a new open-source foundation for enterprise blockchain networks. Coco Framework for enterprise blockchain networks Coco stands for Confidential Consortium. It is designed […]

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A nanoscale computational circuit board with DNA built by researchers

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:30:32 +0000

The researchers at Microsoft and University of Washington have recently built a nanoscale computational circuit board with DNA. It seems quite a mysterious name for this research. But, the nanoscale computational circuit board with DNA is nothing but a method that uses the spatial organization to build nanoscale computational circuits made of synthetic DNA. What […]

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Microsoft Researchers are working on AI accuracy as it gets smarter each day

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 19:30:58 +0000

Artificial Intelligence has helped mankind to dream of doing things that would seem impossible just a decade ago. People nowadays are indulging more in using systems, built using technologies that directly engulfs Machine Learning. This calls for a need of reality check of the testing tools that such systems use, the algorithms, the training sets […]

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Microsoft to use Mosquitoes as instruments to fight possible viral outbreaks

MahitHuilgol@TWC — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:30:56 +0000

Mosquitos are not really something that we humans love in fact it’s quite the opposite we loathe mosquitoes and resort to several methods to make them go. Moreover, Mosquitos have been found out to be a carrier for many diseases including malaria. Microsoft’s new research project named the Project Prenomination. The aim of this project […]

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17 Tech Predictions from Microsoft Researchers

AnkitChawla@TWC — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:29:49 +0000

A year is a long time when we talk about innovation and advancement in the field of technology, especially computer science. So, when Microsoft got their top 17 woman researchers to talk about the expectations in 2017, on the event of Computer Science Education Week, a lot of brilliant ideas were discussed. Tech Predictions Here […]

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Microsoft develops breakthrough human-like speech technology

AnkitChawla@TWC — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:40:20 +0000

In a major breakthrough for artificial intelligence, Microsoft has developed a new speech recognition software that can identify actions and tasks almost as well as an actual human can. In a paper published this week, a dedicated team from the Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research Department reported a word error rate (WER) of 5.9 percent, down […]

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FPGA Project Catapult processor will potentially power all of the Microsoft Services

MahitHuilgol@TWC — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:30:53 +0000

Nearly four years ago in a room filled with the then Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer and Burger, a computer chip researcher was filled with ideas. Doug Burger pitched the idea of a reprogrammable chip, an idea that Ballmer couldn’t buy since he harbored the notion that Microsoft just needs to focus on the software […]

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Project Malmo available as Open Source: Use Minecraft for AI research

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 04:45:22 +0000

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence system Project Malmo is open source. Project Malmo established back in June this year is an AI platform built on top of Minecraft. The key is to create a system which surpasses human intelligence and help us in basic chores as well as lifesaving tasks in an operating room. Project Malmo While […]

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Pivothead wearable glasses for the visually impaired in Seeing Al Project

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:45:05 +0000

Microsoft is known to bring out-of-the-box solutions for making this world a better place. When user experience is at the center stage; you can imagine what all solutions Microsoft can come up with. As technology is advancing further, Microsoft is leveraging it to bring solutions that help mankind in all possible ways. One of these […]

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