I recently attended TechFest 2012, an inspiring event put on by Microsoft Research out in Redmond. The event happens once a year and allows Microsoft employees and select guests the opportunity to view research projects from Microsoft’s labs around the globe.
While there were some really, really amazing applications demoed at the event, I would have to say my two favorite projects were FetchClimate and Cliplets. They are both projects available for the general public to use and provide feedback on today!
FetchClimate
FetchClimate is a fast, free and intelligent climate data retrieval service that operates on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. FetchClimate allows users to access climate data for any geographical region during year ranges between 1900 and 2010 in various formats and share this information via a unique URL.
Cliplets
An interactive application that allows users to create a type of imagery, a “cliplet” which resembles part photo and part video. The applications provides the ability for users to import a video and mask certain parts of the video to play and others to remain still.
Here is an example I created. Keep an eye on the bird in the middle!
more information on Cliplets >>
TechFest Project Info
A complete list of the projects shown at TechFest can be found on the TechFest 2012 site:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/techfest2012/default.aspx
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