Microsoft is currently trying to close a deal in which it will acquire chip maker Canesta. Canesta manufactures computer chips that allow natural user interaction with machines. This move will greatly help Microsoft's goal of creating more natural user interfaces. In the deal Microsoft would own rights to Canesta's products, technology, intellectual property, customer contracts and other resources. Two of Canesta's customers are Honda and Hitachi.
Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, recently said that natural user interfaces will be one of the next big revolutions in technology. He said that while a mouse use to feel natural, now we feel that talking and gesturing to machines seems more natural. Canesta's 44 patents should help Microsoft in pursing its goal of developing a new way to interact with machines. The deal will hopefully close by the end of the year, although the terms of the deal are not disclosed.
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