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>>tobr+(OP)
In the late 90's, the ops mgr at our studio hooked a network cable up to a little motor and attached a 5-6 foot long string to the motor shaft. He hung the motor-string thing in the corner of his office with the string dangling.

The motor made just a little bit of noise and the string would wiggle around indicating network activity. Soon he was able to know what was typical string movement and what was atypical frenetic motion that indicated a need to investigate.

He called it an "ambient interface" and said he had read about it somewhere.

>>Wistar+dI4
That is fantastic.