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Microsoft Research Projects Showcased

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fun-stuff-to-see dept.

prostoalex writes "Seattle Times reporter visited the Microsoft Research expo hosted by the company. The inventions of the future include a robot that could attend conferences in your behalf and allow you to communicate via video and audio applications, a software package that translates the sign language into readable English, e-mailable identification documents and some enhancements to Microsoft's operating systems."

3 of 294 comments (clear)

  1. Re:From the article: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To be considered a joke it has to be funny... that was just lame... typical of the knee-jerk, anti-Microsoft, technically-incompetent /. poster.

  2. Oh noes!!!111 The biggest one is missing! by AntiOrganic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Honestly, I think we'd all love to forget about the MSN iLoo.

  3. Fifty-two by halr9000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Couldn't refuse the request. :)