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Microsoft Research, something different PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 07 November 2008 13:32

I ran across an article about Microsoft Research that was interesting...

Since its founding in 1991, Microsoft Research has produced a number of technologies that have gone on to find their way into key products for the company. Today at Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference, the group used the event's final keynote to show what might be ahead in future offerings.

While Microsoft Research has played a role in developing everything from Microsoft Windows 95 to Xbox Live, the group's head, Rick Rashid, has his own notable legacy, having developed the Mach microkernel back in the 1980s.

...this is what caught my eye:

The final demo was SecondLight, an upgrade to Microsoft's Surface touchscreen tabletop PC design. SecondLight embeds a second, hidden image into Surface's main display, which can only be seen when projected translucent screens held above the device's surface.

Microsoft Research SecondLight project
Microsoft Research's SecondLight project. Source: Microsoft
The upshot? A user can hold a piece of translucent material over the display to reveal additional information on an image. For instance, Steve Hodges of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, demonstrated the effect using a mere sheet of paper held over a SecondLight flat screen.

SecondLight uses a projector mounted underneath the tabletop screen, along with and an infrared camera on the table. This allows for a secondary image to be projected along with the first without interfering with each other.

Read the full article here.



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Mad Scientists PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 11:12

While TV, movies, and comic books have mostly portrayed "Mad" Scientists as, well mad, mean, crazy people bent on the destruction of your favorite city or world. Not all "Mad" Scientists are really mad, mostly just mis-understood in their quest for pushing the envelope of technology. Case in point, I my self am not mad, mean or crazy (ok maybe a little), but I am a Geek and a sociable person that likes to help others in their quest for all things geek.

So, I spend my time looking for cool new technology that makes everything better, or saves everyone from the mental anguish that technology can bring when it doesn't work the way it was supposed to. See, they warned you that I could ramble. Currently in the lab I have a control panel for web hosting which after much testing should make its way to the GID Hosting platform. The control panel will allow our hosting clients better access and control of their hosted solution, or site, and it's pretty. I have other projects laying around that will be making their way to the public, like GURP (Geek Ultimate Recycling Program) which should be going live here soon. It's a work in progress, but will help save our environment. Doesn't that sound strange coming from a Geek Mad Scientist!

Have you checked out one of my other projects, GUDRS? Geek Ultimate Disaster Recovery Solution is our way of saving you from the loss of data, human or otherwise. GUDRS works very well in this reguard, you can recover your data from anywhere that you have Internet access and it's secure. I could go on, but you can check out the GUDRS page for more info. Hey, while you are there, why not sign up for a 30-day trial!

As has been published elsewhere, the GID web site has also received an update. The navigation has been changed to help the visitors to find thing more quickly, and we have tried to keep the fun look of the site intact.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention our new forum for asking questions, you don't even need to sign up to ask a question. And for those who have signed up for the GID on-line billing, there is also a support area where you can ask for help if you have problems.

I will be posting more information as the Geek Lab moves on.


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