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Look What's Cooking At Microsoft Labs

Posted by timothy on from the smart-people-cool-toys dept.

stinkymountain writes "Writer John Brandon spent two days at Microsoft Research Labs in Redmond and got an inside look at some pretty interesting projects under development, including a robotic receptionist, a new type of touch screen for people with fat fingers, and an electronic table that allows multiple people to collaborate in real time. Brandon also talks about some of these research projects on this NPR podcast."

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  1. Re:With Voice Recognition? by Abreu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You:
    -Im here to visit my dear mom who works here

    Robotic voice:
    -You are here to ... dear aunt ... hovercraft ... so double ... the killer ... delete ... select all ... eels

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