Inventions’ wonderful world on display at Microsoft fair

July 30, 2003 | Source: Seattle Times

Futuristic projects at Microsoft’s advanced-research division and affiliates include a self-charging robot slave that goes to meetings in your place, a glove that translates sign language into digitized letters, a low-cost way for motor-vehicle departments and companies to create forgery-proof identification cards, and a way to replace remote controls with one device, such as a cell phone or pocket PC.