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ThinkNext 2010 April 14, 2010 Tel Aviv Port, Hangar 11

Last Wednesday evening I went to Microsoft's ThinkNext 2010 – and I'd like to share it with you. ThinkNext is an annual event of Microsoft's Research and Development Center in Israel presenting the latest innovations in technology.

There was a demo fest of 40 projects (about half were Microsoft) and amazing talks by: Craig Mundie (Chief Research & Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corp Seattle) and Moshe Lichtman - President, Microsoft Israel R&D center and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft.

And basically a LOT of cool stuff…..

So what were some of the highlights? (with links – or it isn't worth it)

First - here's the homepage of ThinkNext2010

ThinkNext 2010 homepage (you will need to install silverlight if it isn't on your computer)

If you have he patience - I suggest watching Craig Mundie's presentation of the protoype office of the future (skip to minute 36:30)

**NUI**
(Natural User Interface) – which uses our body movements, speech recognition, etc as a means of connecting with the computer. The coolest future application is a project called **Natal** for Xbox 360. Xbox360 - Natal Project (watch the video – we got a live demonstration!!)

And here's another demo – of the Natal Milo project. True technology – NOT science fiction!

Natal Milo Project Demo

** PIVOT **
A new concept in web interaction Pivot Homepage

(if you don't have windows 7 yet…. don't bother trying to install Pivot. You'll just have to trust me that it IS cool.)

Here's a demo I found on youtube. Pivot Demo

BING MAPS
3d maps, walkthroughs, and soooooo much more Bing Maps (I actually used this to plan my trip to Vancouver last summer – but without the new cool features – like the walkthrough...next trip - maybe to New York or Alaska....)

Here's a presentation – even I haven't had the time to play with all the features…..yet…. Bing Maps Demo

Cool music site - sharing with lyrics and translations

tunewiki

Then there was ** "mychic" ** – providing a new and fascinating online shopping experience. to see a short demo - on virtually checking out glasses. or click here: mychic Demo