In December, I blogged about the beta release of Layerscape, a free set of research tools from Microsoft that enable earth scientists to visualize and tell stories around large, complex data sets. The full release…
The twelfth Microsoft Research Faculty Summit provided a forum for lively debate of the development, application, and funding of technologies in the environmental, medical, and educational spheres over a long period of time. The program…
SecondLight is a rear projection, optical touch-sensing technology that augments the typical interactions afforded by multi-touch and tangible tabletops with the ability to project and sense both through and beyond the display.
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research The Brazilian rainforests are of immense importance to the world. They help regulate climate temperatures, create rainfall, and provide habitat for biodiversity. On the southeast coast of Brazil, the…
Scientific DataSet (SDS) is a managed library for reading, writing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, such as time series, matrices, satellite or medical imagery, and multidimensional numerical grids. It features: Rich metadata to create…