Look What's Cooking At Microsoft Labs

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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What a reception

[Wowsers]

So one of the proposals is an electronic robot receptionist...

Robot: Welcome to Microsoft
Visitor: I'd like to talk to a human.
Robot: I'm sorry, you're request did not compute, please [BSOD replaces face render].