Microsoft Research News and Highlights

If you haven’t discovered this already, please note that a healthy collection of TechFest videos is available on the TechFest 2011 webpage.

Avatars often are used in computing scenarios, but they traditionally haven't looked like us--not, at least, until the latest work from Microsoft Research Asia.

Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research Redmond never fails to supply a mind-boggling project to wow TechFest attendees, and this year is no exception.

Microsoft Research is working on some interesting stuff -- and providing the company is able to take its lead from some of the geniuses in this division it should be able to bring the cool back.

Microsoft Research showed off a slice of Techfest on Tuesday, a science fair on steroids showcasing what the company's hive of scientists are developing. The projects ranged from developments a few years out to work that's on the bleeding edge

Microsoft Research "is working closely with Microsoft business units to develop new products" using technology similar to the natural user interface exhibited by Kinect.

As always, Microsoft Research has some exciting work in development. Their belle of the ball for TechFest 2011 will be natural user interfaces.

This year’s theme for Microsoft Research’s TechFest research showcase is natural user interfaces (NUIs).

Watch a Video of TechFest's 3-D, Photo-Real Talking Head, at MSNBC

Believing $9bn worth of Microsoft R&D spending only results in things like Surface and Kinect is completely and utterly wrong. It doesn't. It results in products that brought in $62bn last year.

ShadowDraw, one of the projects on display at the annual Microsoft Research TechFest event in Redmond this week, is an “interactive assistant for freehand drawing.”

This video provides a snapshot of what TechFest, Microsoft Research's annual technology showcase, is all about.

A.J. Brush, James Scott, Brian Meyers, and John Krumm of Microsoft Research are working on ways to reduce the energy costs and power consumption of home heating without diminishing your comfort level.

Peter Lee, new managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond, is getting his first look at TechFest, and he likes what he sees.

Rich Interactive Narratives, technology from Microsoft Research India being shown during TechFest 2011, heralds a new age of immersive storytelling.

danah boyd of Microsoft Research New England woke up on March 9 to email she was sure was spam--from Queen Rania of Jordan, no less. But as it turned out, it wasn't spam at all.

Cloud Data Analytics from Excel, a project being shown by Microsoft Research's eXtreme Computing Group during TechFest 2011, provides analytics for increasingly large data sets.

Social News Search for Companies, a project from Microsoft Research's FUSE Labs, provides a one-stop shop that aggregates a variety of sources of news about companies.

MSNBC video looks at two technologies developed by Microsoft Research and their impact on healthcare.

Project Emporia, a TechFest 2011 project from FUSE Labs UK, uses a push mechanism to deliver a personalized news feed based entirely on your preferences.

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