News and Awards

There may be such a thing as ‘too realistic’ when it comes to virtual touch.

In this second blog post I describe the process of integrating code from HACL*, a researchy crypto library, into NSS, a production library shipping to millions of people, running on a plethora of platforms. In…

Developed by a team of Microsoft researchers, the new user interface features a flexible mat that can locate, sense and communicate with objects–and may just give a much-needed jolt to a struggling toys-to-life market.

Microsoft has detailed Project Zanzibar, a research effort involving the development of a smart mat that takes physical toys and presents them on a display, combining real-world and digital play into a single experience.

A team of researchers, with a love of toys, created the project at Microsoft’s research labs in the UK. The mat folds and combines sensing, near field communication (NFC), and multi-touch to imagine a future…

The American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States, was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” Eric J. Horvitz, Director, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Research Labs;…

For contributions to broadband wireless systems.

Victor Bahl, Eugene Shih, and Michael J. Sinclair received a SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time award (opens in new tab) (2018) for their paper on reducing mobile device battery consumption entitled: “Wake on Wireless: An Event Driven Energy Saving…