While my Lumia has survived a few drops in its time, another Nokia Lumia 800 reached an altitude of 105,000 feet and survived temperatures of -61C recently.

The Microsoft Home is full of examples of digital technology blending with the physical environment - it's no flight of Jetsons fantasy. 

Another look at Illumishare, one of an exciting set of Microsoft Research projects shown earlier this year. Two new videos in this post show some of the additional capabilities. 

Microsoft Research Cliplets is an freely downloadable application that gives you the power to create "Cliplets" - a type of imagery that sits between stills and video, including imagery such as video textures and "cinemagraphs".

Bing's translator app for Windows Phone gets a significant update and now includes offline mode. Download it now...for free.