Desney Tan
Corporate Vice President and Managing Director, Microsoft Research Redmond
News & features
In the news | TechCrunch
As Google Shoots for the Moon, Microsoft Praises the Virtues of Open Research
In 2011, Babak Parviz and Brian Otis were still at the University of Washington and published a case study (PDF) with Microsoft Research on how they built a prototype lens that can monitor blood glucose levels. In the paper, Microsoft…
In the news | The Verge
Beyond the smartwatch: how invisible machines will shape Microsoft’s future
Rick Rashid has a lot on his plate. As the chief research officer at Microsoft Research, the division he founded in 1991, Rashid is charged with overseeing some of Microsoft's most daring and diverse projects. His vast network of researchers…
In the news | International Examiner
Local Scientists Develop Contact Lenses to Help Diabetics
Tan and his team are experimenting with contact lenses. With microchips and computer circuits, researchers are using tears to gain an easier reading of blood-sugar levels, particularly important for diabetics.
In the news | ASweetLife
Information-Rich Eyeballs? Talking to Microsoft’s Desney Tan about the Functional Contact Lens
Tom Cruise’s futuristic contact lenses in the new Mission Impossible movie may not be as far off as you think. Desney Tan and Microsoft’s Computational User Experiences group have formed a collaboration with Professor Babak Parviz and his Bio-Nanotechnology Lab…
In the news | GizMag
Microsoft Developing Electronic Contact Lens to Monitor Blood Sugar
We've heard of experimental contact lenses that can non-invasively monitor the blood sugar levels of diabetes sufferers before, but where prior research relied on chemical reactions inducing color-change in the lens, new joint research by the University of Washington and…
In the news | GeekWire
Better typing while walking, and other cool stuff from UW
With a bit of machine learning, a computer program can analyze the variations in that signal to figure out the particular gesture a person is making -- raising the possibility of interaction similar to the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor, without…
In the news | The New York Times
Remote Control, With a Wave of a Hand
Scientists at Microsoft Research and the University of Washington have come up with a new system that uses the human body as an antenna.
In the news | BBC News
Sensors turn skin into gadget control pad
Coupled with a tiny projector the system can use the skin as a surface on which to display menu choices, a number pad or a screen.
In the news | Forbes
The Revolutionaries: Radical Thinkers and their World-Changing Ideas – Desney Tan
Tan's research focuses on the melding of man and machine, specifically using the entire human body as an input device.