microsoft research
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Microsoft Made A Better Stylus That Knows How You’re Holding It
Intelligent processing and more sensitive capacitive displays have allowed our fingers to replace the stylus that was once required for using a touchscreen — but not completely. Drawing and other artistic apps still benefit from the precision of a stylus, and Microsoft Research has come up with a way to make a digital pen far…
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Microsoft’s Infrared Keyboard Gives Gesture Control To An Average PC
Your laptop’s trackpad gestures are great, but they make your desktop computer’s keyboard-and-mouse combo feel old-fashioned. Microsoft’s prototype keyboard changes that, cramming infrared sensors between the keys to allow hand gesture control without ever leaving the home keys.
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Microsoft Research’s Magical Internet Machine Guesses Your Passwords
Got a super-secure password? Maybe you shouldn’t be so sure. Telepasswords can help you find out and practically read your mind in the process.
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Microsoft Is Developing A Digital Holodeck
We’ve been waiting for Star Trek-style Holodeck technology since, what, 1966? Microsoft Research has finally taken up the challenge and developed this — it’s not quite a Holodeck, but it’s tantalisingly close.