There is some brilliance going on here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cue/bci/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cu

There is some brilliance going on here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cue/bci/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cue/bc... research.microsoft.com/otherplaces as well. Corporate-backed R&D, plain and simple. The only unfortunate thing is they are mostly hidden from the public eye, and the consumer market.