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What’s Your Story: Lex Story
| Johannes Gehrke and Lex Story
Model maker and fabricator Lex Story helps bring research to life through prototyping. He discusses his take on failure; the encouragement and advice that has supported his pursuit of art and science; and the sabbatical that might inspire his next…
In the news | WSJ Tech News Briefing podcast
Could Underwater Data Centers Make Cloud Computing Greener?
Cloud storage centers suck up a lot of energy. But when Microsoft tried putting data centers underwater a couple of years ago, it found the strategy greatly reduced energy use and improved performance. Now a U.S. startup called Subsea Cloud…
In the news | NHS
Futuristic 3D Holoportation Consultations To Bring Specialist Treatment To Remote Parts Of Scotland
Ground-breaking technology aiming to bring specialist treatment to the most remote parts of Scotland, without the need for travel, has received high praise from patients during successful trials in Glasgow. The West of Scotland Innovation Hub, hosted by NHS Greater…
In the news | EPFL News | October, 2021
Ultrafast optical switching can save overwhelmed datacenters
EPFL and Microsoft Research scientists demonstrated ultrafast optical circuit switching using a chip-based soliton comb laser and a completely passive diffraction grating device. This particular architecture could enable an energy-efficient optical datacenter to meet enormous data bandwidth requirements in future.
Awards | Fast Company
From AI-powered mosquito traps to underwater data centers, how Microsoft is innovating for good
Microsoft—a winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards—shows how a giant company can push change across a wide variety of disciplines, from climate to energy to health to education.
In the news | MSPowerUser Blog
Microsoft Premonition will help governments detect biological threats in the environment
Microsoft Premonition was a Microsoft Research project with a goal of scalable monitoring of the environment to detect disease threats early, using robotics and genomics. Microsoft Premonition is a collection of technologies – hardware, software and services that enable biome…
Fashion forward: Researchers, designers debut new tech on New York City runway
In his work in visual merchandising, designer Kenroy Tyrell has used LED lights in displays for trade shows and showrooms. But on this particular day, he found himself using the technology in a way he never anticipated—as part of a…
In the news | DigitalTrends
Microsoft ‘holoportation’ lets you share a room with a faraway friend
Whether you need to inform Obi-Wan he’s your only hope, or just want to hang out with loved ones who are far, far away, who hasn’t dreamed of a future involving holograms? Microsoft’s “holoportation” demo shows that it’s possible —…