Microsoft sponsors university work on Windows embedded
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Microsoft is giving $1.7 million in cash grants to universities worldwide for projects with Windows CE .Net and Windows XP Embedded, the company said Tuesday. The money is intended to fund new research projects and curriculum development involving Microsoft's software for embedded use and will go to 77 universities and colleges that proposed myriad projects, said Karen Carter, group product manager in Microsoft's embedded devices group, in Redmond, Wash.
"We are really looking to promote awareness of our operating system and ensure that schools are teaching the wide array of embedded technologies available," Carter said. The proposed projects include robotics and devices that can help disabled people.