Steven Bathiche's Applied Sciences team always impress me when I get an invite to their labs - they're focused on building smart displays that will change the way we communicate and in this video, you get to see some of the magic behind the curtain as Stevie walks you through their projects. 

Zhengyou Zhang of Microsoft Research takes us through a demo of a 3D talking head – created by taking a 2D photorealistic video and pasting this on to a 3D mesh model of a head that is built from a Kinect sensor or webcam. 

At TechForum this week, Craig Mundie showed off some of the latest technology from Microsoft's labs and talked about how computing is becoming more like us. Click through to see the the demos in action. 

A slew of new products announcements from the Microsoft Hardware team today - the Express Mouse is my favorite of the bunch as well as a 720p HD webcam for under $40.  

Volcanoes at Microsoft? Apparently it's the done thing if you're having a Science Fair and this video from Channel 9 gives you a glimpse inside the recent Garage Science Fair at Microsoft.