Microsoft has just launched an interactive micro-site which is designed to give you a taste of some of the powerful things you can do with innovative technology today, it also offers a glimpse of breakthroughs that are just around the corner, and provides you with a vision of the future through the work of six researchers from Microsoft Research. It is best experienced by using a broadband connection with your sound on. There are three sections to it which are:

Empowerment Stories
Stories that explore the role technology can play to help you realize your potential at home, at work, and in education.

• A Family Redefines Togetherness
• An Architect Seizes the Moment
• A Teacher Finds New Ways to Inspire 

Technology Gallery
An area where you can learn more about the latest products, technologies, and prototypes, and how they can help you today.

• Technology Gallery 

Microsoft Researchers
Interactive researcher videos and demos with animated illustrations that showcase some of the areas where Microsoft Research is working toward new software breakthroughs.

• Visualization and Interaction
• SmartScreen Technology
• Speech Technology
• Gesture Technologies
• Media Browsing
• Social Computing