Project Eclipse

Note: This research has reached its conclusion, and this page is for historical reference and archival purposes only. The Microsoft Research Special Projects group operates on the boundary between engineering and research to drive breakthrough innovation. We are a research…

In the Environmental Sustainability Research group, we are working on a wide portfolio of research projects that push the state of the art in economics, science, and engineering to make Microsoft, our customers, and the world more sustainable.

In the Microsoft Research Redmond Lab, we are constantly fusing art, technology and science to address crucial issues like climate change, pollution exposure, emotional health, and so many other challenges facing society.

Researchers working on the Urban Innovation Initiative study and build technology to help shape the future of urban environments. Expertise in design, hardware and software prototyping and deployment, electrical engineering, biology, chemistry and social and data science, is combined to…