On January 1, Quentin
Stafford-Fraser returned to Ndiyo to become its full-time
Executive Director. A computer scientist who co-invented the webcam
and was part of the team which created Virtual Network Computing
(VNC), Quentin was the original Director of the Ndiyo Project, but
left to start Newnham Research,
the company set up to create the networking technology required to
realise the Ndiyo vision of making networked computing affordable,
supportable and environmentally sustainable.
In partnership with the GSM Association and mobile network operators in Bangladesh and South Africa, we will be trialling Ndiyo-powered Internet Access Facilities in two parts of the world which have hitherto had poor Internet connectivity.
DisplayLink's graphics systems, HP's USB hardware and Microsoft's Windows Multipoint Server combine to give the latest incarnation of the Hubster concept.
DisplayLink grew out of the original Ndiyo thin-client work, so it's great to see the company returning to its roots!
Just over two years ago, we described and did our first demonstrations of what became known as 'Hubster' - a terminal based on a USB hub. By simply plugging in USB peripherals you can turn a single-user machine into a multi-user machine.
