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In the news | FastcoDesign
Microsoft Is Teaching Your Plants To Talk Back
Project Florence could have incredible implications for the future of farming–and revolutionize the way we understand our environment.
In the news | MAKE
How can we grow a better future?
The Inaugural Biofabricate Summit that took place on December 4th, 2014 was the first event to focus on commercial, artistic and research the disruptive technologies that comprise the emerging field of grown materials.
In the news | the Stranger
What Only Artists Can Teach Us About Technology, Data, and Surveillance
The way one artist put it to me, if you think of Microsoft as a city, Microsoft Research is the university.
In the news | Wired Magazine
Eye-to-eye with Jason Salavon’s algorithm-produced art
These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm. These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm.
In the news | New City Art
Art 50 2014: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists
For the next several months he is artist-in-residence at Microsoft Research, a prestigious think tank for software engineers.
In the news | Daily Mail
Can YOU spot Microsoft’s spaceship? See tech giant’s MASSIVE 20 GIGAPIXEL interactive image of Seattle, complete with Easter eggs
Microsoft has created an interactive billion pixel image of its Seattle base – and hidden a few surprises in there.
In the news | Huffington Post UK
Gigapixel ArtZoom Photo Of Seattle Has Over 100 Artists In It
We’ve seen a lot of impressive gigapixel cityscapes but there’s something a little extra special about this one… Microsoft teamed up with over 100 of Seattle’s creative best to insert them all into this massive panoramic of the city’s epic…
In the news | Gizmodo
Can You Spot All the Hidden Easter Eggs in This 20 Gigapixel Panoramic?
Multi-gigapixel panoramas are rad. It’s like peeping at the world through a telescope from the comfort of your own ground-floor living room. But Microsoft has made the concept even more fun with its 20 Gigapixel “ArtZoom,” and has hidden a…
In the news | Fast Company
Microsoft Creates A 20-Gigapixel “Where’s Waldo?” Of Seattle
‘The mission of Microsoft Research is to extend the state of the art, and technologists really benefit from seeing the world through artists’ eyes,’ he (Michael Cohen) says. ‘It challenges us to build better tools and technology. Artists are the…