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A brief history of USB (and a look at the future).

This cat Patrick McFarland put up on his blog a nice brief history of USB and what he foresees as the problems in the future.
Why Powered USB Is Needed, Part 1: The Short History of USB
Why Powered USB Is Needed, Part 2: The Future of USB

This is the kind of explanations of technology we see as key for consumers at large. Cheers to Patrick McFarland and his blog Ad Terras Per Aspera (which I think means "to land, with difficulties" or possibly "to Earth, with difficulties.")
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  • Posted by: diablod3_5855 at 19 Jul 09:07 permalink
    "Into the ground through difficulty"
    • Posted by: ocmirian_1569 at 15 Sep 17:34 permalink
      The concept for the USB originated in 1990 by Wynn Smith at Intel. Wynn formed the Hunacre group which developed the original USB prototype. One of the Hunacre engineers, Ralph Smith, still has the original prototype. The original patent for the upstream/downstream concept is in the name of the engineers of the Hunacre project.

      Intel shut the Hunacre project down in 1991. Intel didn't see the USB's future potential, and the credit for it's creation has been given to others.
      • Posted by: junk_8778 at 15 Sep 19:07 permalink
        The design of USB is standardized by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), an industry standards body incorporating leading companies from the computer and electronics industries. Notable members have included Agere (now merged with LSI Corporation), Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft and NEC.

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