NLnet announces funding for 62 projects

The NLnet Foundation has announceda new group of projects receiving funding through the NextGeneration Internet (NGI) Zero Commons Fund.

Free and open source technologies, open standards, open hardware andopen data help to strengthen the open web and the open internet. Theprojects selected by NLnet all contribute in their own way to thisimportant goal, and will empower end users and the community at largeon different layers of the stack. For example, there are peopleworking a browser controlled ad hoc cellular network (Wsdr) which can be used tocreate small mobile networks where they are needed. The open hardwaresecurity key Nitrokey isaiming for formal certification of their implementation of the FIDO2standard, and will be adding encrypted storagecapabilities. There are also more applied technologies: the highend open hardware microscope OpenFlexure willenable among others e-health use cases such as telepathology, allowingmedical professionals to work together to help people in more remoteareas.

See the announcement for the full list of selected projects and thecurrent projectspage for other projects recently funded by NLnet.