Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
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HapSense: A Soft Haptic I/O Device with Uninterrupted Dual Functionalities of Force Sensing and Vibrotactile Actuation
We present HapSense, a single-volume soft haptic I/O device with uninterrupted dual functionalities of force sensing and vibrotactile actuation. To achieve both input and output functionalities, we employ a ferroelectric electroactive polymer as core functional…
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RDMA: Provably More Powerful Communication
In recent years, a technology known as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) has made its way into data centers, earning a spotlight in distributed systems research. RDMA provides the traditional send/receive communication primitives, but also…
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Advanced polarized light microscopy for mapping molecular orientation
Polarization is a basic property of light, but the human eye is not sensitive to it. Therefore, we don’t have an intuitive understanding of polarization and of optical phenomena that are based on it. And…
Microsoft Research Blog
Rocket-fast embedded TypeScript for MakeCode Arcade
When we began developing Microsoft MakeCode, a computing education platform, it was all about making programming easier, more engaging, and just plain friendlier. After all, if we were going to inspire the next generation of…
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IoT hardware from prototype to production
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Decoding Multisensory Attention from Electroencephalography for Use in a Brain-Computer Interface
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a non-verbal and covert way for humans to interact with a machine. They are designed to interpret user’s brain state that can be translated into action or other communication purposes. While…
