Roundup of Microsoft Research At TechFest 2009

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica has a very thorough post of some of the technologies that Microsoft researchers showed off at TechFest last week. 'The exact number of projects that were demonstrated at TechFest 2009 is not clear, but here's a quick rundown of about 35 research projects that haven't received much coverage, accompanied by links that will let you further explore if your interest is piqued. Remember that these are concepts and prototypes, not finished products, and they may never end up becoming anything significant.'" While Microsoft has been criticized for squandering a fortune on R&D, there can be no doubt that they are showing off some cool tech here.

Missing

[Divebus]

I don't see bug fixes in that list.

Woah

[Idiomatick]

Did we /. arstechnica? I cannot get to it.

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[Slumdog]

I don't see bug fixes in that list.

Not fixes, just new bugs and R&D is working out some really complex ones.

Re:R&D in pharmacogenetics

[Anonymous Coward]

I just hope it doesn't have to reboot after every patient.

I just hope it doesn't reboot every patient... giving new meaning to BSOD.