Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
Publication
Haptic PIVOT: On-Demand Handhelds in VR
Microsoft Research Blog
Physics matters: Haptic PIVOT, an on-demand controller, simulates physical forces such as momentum and gravity
When you reach out an empty hand to pick an apple from a tree, you’re met with a variety of sensations—the firmness of the apple as you grip it, the resistance from the branch as…
Video
Ultra-dense data storage and extreme parallelism with electronic-molecular systems
Sustaining growth in storage and computational needs is increasingly challenging. For over a decade, exponentially more information has been produced year after year while data storage solutions are pressed to keep up. Soon, current solutions…
Project
Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer
The continuing growth of connected devices, many of which are mobile and wireless, brings with it a practical challenge: how can we power these devices without placing the burden of recharging or replacing batteries onto…
Project
Physical Computing
Physical computing refers to the use of tangible, embedded microcontroller-based interactive systems that can sense the world around them and/or control outputs such as lights, displays and motors. Assembling the hardware elements of a physical…