Interesting USB standard from Google

It seems the goal of the standard is to make it easier to configure 3D printers, but it could be applied to other USB devices.  Sounds interesting but I am not sure it will take off.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160416-google-engineers-create-webusb-api-to-connect-usb-devices-securely-to-the-web.html