Microsoft TechFest gazes into tech future with an array of novel innovations
Microsoft Corp. is showing off many projects from its research labs this week at its annual TechFest event. The company is flaunting scores of new technologies that are intended to take online social networking to the next level.
The first day of this year's TechFest event has been opened to about 300 outsiders, allowing customers, partners, government officials and reporters. Some of the projects are described below:
Wordwide Telescope
The researchers exhibited a telescope application that allows the computer user to whoosh around the universe and explore galaxies, by merging together the images gathered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with educational content from astronomers. The Worldwide Telescope lets the users turn their PC into a potent ground-based telescope. This might have been developed to battle the Google's digital satellite map technology.
Living Scrapbook
Another project that was demonstrated at the event was 'Mix: Search-Based Authoring' or the Living Scrapbook, which fetches data from numerous sources, say websites, computer's hard drives and databases and then merges it into one document that you could share with friends, or family members with an ease. This technology can also be used for business applications.
Boku
Based around the Microsoft's Xbox's technology, the Boku project is anticipated to educate the kids basic programming skills in an amusing way. In this 'game,' the Boku is a robot that resides on an island. By using Xbox, children as young as four will be able to program the robot to intermingle with their world.
Locate-Me
Locate-Me is a mobile map searching service that will help the mobile phone users to get the detailed info of any place. The users will just have to take a picture with his/her cameraphone and then send it to the database, which will send you back a map and information about where you are. But, this will require Microsoft to have a strong database of buildings and landmarks of a city. That means you will never get lost.
BubbleBoard
The BubbleBoard is a kind of answering machine that displays the messages in the floating bubbles on a touch-screen monitor along with the caller's picture. So, users can select the desired message bubble to listen to the message. This facility is not offered by the traditional answering machines. But, this gadget doesn't make me jump yet a good invention.
SenseCam
It is a 'black box' that can be worn around the neck and can shoot up to 2,000 images in twelve hours and interestingly the wearer doesn't need to do anything. The visual diary SenseCam is likely to be receptive to heart rate or skin temperature other than the temperature or any major movements.
Personal Audio Space
Now, this is inspiring and tempting. The sound system confines music to a single spot in the room and no one else can hear it. Isn't that cool? If someone takes a few steps to the side of assigned sound field, he/she won't be able to listen to anything. Cool idea.
Blue Rendezvous
This technology will facilitate the users of two Bluetooth-enabled phones as they could press a single button to hint that they wish to talk to each other. After the connection is set, they can share whatever they like to such as business cards, or photos.
TimeMill
TimeMill can be taken as a magical mirror that rocks an integrated digital camera and is based on Tablet PC. Spin the wheel and it will take your pictures. And, when you give it a backward spin, it will show you the images of those people who have used the device earlier.
Via: Indiatimes
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