Microsoft readies PC-sharing tool
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft plans to commercialize technology developed at its India lab that allows several computer mice to be used with a PC simultaneously. The technology, developed last year by Microsoft Research Lab India in Bangalore, enables several mice to be connected to a PC's USB port, helping to make up for the shortage of computers at schools in India and other emerging economies.
Two groups at Microsofts headquarters in Redmond, Washington, are working to commercialize the technology, called MultiPoint, said Kentaro Toyama, assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India, on Thursday. The Emerging Markets Education Group is interested in using the technology in educational institutions around the world, while the Education Technologies Group is working on a software development kit for MultiPoint, said Toyama, who heads a research group on technologies for emerging markets at the India lab.