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Code Jumper Aims to Jumpstart Computer Science Interest for Kids Who Are Blind
Microsoft announced plans to transfer the research and technology behind Code Jumper, a physical programming language that is designed to be inclusive of children who are blind or low vision, to the American Printing House for the Blind.
In the news | The AI Blog
With Project Torino, Microsoft creates a physical programming language inclusive of visually impaired children
A team of Microsoft researchers and designers in the company’s Cambridge, UK, lab has created what they are calling a physical programming language—a way for kids to physically create code by connecting pods together to build programs.
Awards | ACM
Steve Hodges, Gavin Smyth, and Ken Woodberry receive UbiComp 2016’s 10-year Impact Award
Steve Hodges, Gavin Smyth, and Ken Woodberry of Microsoft’s research lab in Cambridge, UK, received the UbiComp 2016 10-year Impact Award for the paper “SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid.” The paper presents a wearable camera, SenseCam, that takes photos automatically, capturing…
In the news | BBC News
Can the Micro Bit inspire a million?
An ambitious plan is underway to give a million schoolchildren a tiny device designed to inspire them to get coding.
In the news | Wired
How to inkjet-print an electronic circuit
Steve Hodges, head of the sensors and devices group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, wants to make it easy to prototype electronic devices, so he’s found a way to print circuits with an inkjet printer — a technique that could…
In the news | The Guardian
How wearable cameras can help those with Alzheimer’s
The wearable camera is being touted as the latest must-have accessory for social-media obsessives, but is a real boon for helping people with serious medical conditions recall important events in their lives.
In the news | PCWorld
5 ways Microsoft will enable your PC to see, sense, and understand
At Microsoftâs Silicon Valley Techfair last week, company researchers showed how theyâre taking the PC in a new direction, combining machine vision with a new independence so they may recognize and interpret what the PC sees and present that information…
In the news | BBC News
Life with a wearable camera
The best thing about the Autographer is the software that comes with it, which allows you to store and organise the vast amount of pictures you generate by date and location and create time-lapse movies.
In the news | New Atlas
Wearable cameras – the future of fitness monitoring?
The SenseCam (commercially available as the Vicon Revue) is worn on a lanyard around the neck and is designed as a therapeutic device, to help people who have memory problems.