prototyping

From the moment Microsoft first introduced the Start menu in Windows 95, it has served as the nerve center for the Windows experience—a launching pad, a comfort zone, and an ever-present symbol of usability. Decades later, as Windows 11 evolved, the Start menu has become a case study in...

The unveiling of a reimagined Start menu in Windows 11 signals another bold step in Microsoft’s quest to redefine user interaction with its iconic operating system. The Start menu, an ever-present symbol of the Windows experience since its debut in Windows 95, has undergone periodic...

Standing at the intersection of tradition and technological revolution, the story of HARTING offers a revealing look at how AI-powered solutions are transforming decades-old industrial processes. For those immersed in the world of industrial connectors, the search for the perfect product among...

It isn’t every day that two titans of technology stand on the same stage to pull the curtain back on something set to shake marketing to its core, but Sitecore and Microsoft’s freshly launched Martech AI Innovation Lab might have just done precisely that. The AI Revolution Gets a Home (and a...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of industrial manufacturing, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer, streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency. A prime example of this transformation is the collaboration between HARTING, Siemens, and Microsoft, which...

NTU's recent HOYA Chatbot Hackathon 2025 has become a vivid testament to the transformative power of hands-on learning and innovative problem-solving. NTU students, with their keen insights and relentless determination to bridge theory and practical application, have set a benchmark in the realm...

Microsoft is blurring the line between classic gaming nostalgia and cutting-edge artificial intelligence with a tech demo that transforms Quake II into an AI-generated experience. Imagine stepping into a well-worn arena from 1997, but every wall, explosion, and enemy is conjured into existence...

In an era where digital innovation is rewriting the playbook across industries, the automotive world isn’t being left behind. Traditional vehicle design—once dominated by clay models, physical prototypes, and endless rounds of real-world testing—is rapidly evolving. Thanks to a potent blend of...

On February 19, 2025, Microsoft unveiled a breakthrough in generative AI that promises to redefine how creativity and technology converge in the world of gaming—and far beyond. In a blog post titled "A new level unlocked", Peter Lee, President of Microsoft Research, introduced Muse, a...

As a kid, Charles Taylor was always interested in tech – though he didn’t know exactly what that meant, beyond translating to a job related to computer science. Growing up in Littleton, North Carolina – an actual little town with less than 700 people – he went to school with the same group of...

It’s a big day today – after a year of public preview, Adobe released Adobe XD 1.0 on Windows 10 and Mac: a new tool for user experience creators to design, prototype and share interactive designs for apps and websites. Link Removed When it comes to designing anything, it’s important to have...

Microsoft has a proven track record of transforming productivity: empowering people and organizations to achieve more. As part of the digital transformation that the modern workplace is currently undergoing, mixed reality is providing new ways for companies to visualize and interact with 3D...

Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta) or Adobe XD, is a new creative tool from Adobe for designing high-fidelity prototypes of websites and mobile apps. You can try a new public preview released today of Adobe XD on Windows 10. Why Adobe XD? A well-designed app often starts out with a sketch, a...

Over the next few months, we will feature game creators who are making games using the Unity game development platform. We’ve partnered with the Made with Unity program to showcase some of the amazing, talented game developers out there and how they use Surface to make their games come to life...

Link Removed If design can be said to have one big secret, something that makes designers what they are and distinguishes them from coders, it is sketching. At the same time, it is an easy skill to learn—though not to master—and you have probably been doing it all of your life without realizing...

In our second Link Removed theme week post, Link Removed and Link RemovedLink Removed spend 6+ hours teaching you have to create 3D Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform games with Unit 5... Link Removed Are you looking to build 3D games with Unity 5 for the Windows 10 Universal Windows...

As the summer wraps up here are just 25 of the many videos, posts and episodes from last week... Link Removed C# 6 makes coding even easier. Watch how Link Removed guides the discussion by comparing previous approaches to common tasks with new ways introduced in version 6. Features covered...

This project is off to a great start and something I think we should keep an eye on... Link Removed I am working on a proof of concept standalone mobile 3D Scanner. Hopefully it will be possible to use a Raspberry Pi2 for this project. I have already posted a video on youtube. And some...

IllumiRoom (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/illumiroom/) demonstrated how projection mapping can enhance entertainment. RoomAlive (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/roomalive/) prototyped turning any room into an interactive, augmented experience. In this session, Andy...

Today's Hardware Friday is of a kind I've not seen before. Sure, we've seen the Chat to Hardware, Hardware to Chat projects, but I don't think I've seen that uses Lync and the Unified Communications Web API. Plus I've missing blogging about .Net Gadgeteer projects... :) Exploring the Internet...