Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
Podcast
Ideas: The journey to DNA data storage
Research manager Karin Strauss and members of the DNA Data Storage Project reflect on the path to developing a synthetic DNA–based system for archival data storage, including the recent open-source release of its most powerful…
Microsoft Research Blog
Preventing side-channels in the cloud
Sophisticated side-channel attacks present new security challenges for cloud providers. Learn how Microsoft is exploring defenses against emerging attacks with principled microarchitectural isolation:
Project
Project Egypt
Technology to enable widespread availability of greenhouse gas data and insights Greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations have continued to grow, fueling the climate crisis. Yet, measuring GHG emissions efficiently and at scale remains surprisingly elusive due…
Video
Ludic Design for Accessibility
Technology solutions for accessibility have long been created using a narrow utilitarian lens, especially in the Global South due to multi-dimensional challenges and resource constraints—an emphasis on purely functional outcomes supported by sterile cost-benefit analysis…
Podcast
What’s Your Story: Lex Story
Model maker and fabricator Lex Story helps bring research to life through prototyping. He discusses his take on failure; the encouragement and advice that has supported his pursuit of art and science; and the sabbatical…
