On Dec 13, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote:

> …

> Let us not also forget the marketing value of a table full of blinky lights 
> computers compared to a bunch of boxes displayed on a screen.  If you were 
> trying to sell the concept to be used at full scale with bigger faster nodes, 
> the working demo might be more convincing.

People with LittleFe [1] units have doing this to good effect for years.  The 
ability to easily slip a mainboard out of the chassis and pass it around the 
room is particularly engaging.  

charlie

[1] http://littlefe.net (Full disclosure, I'm a co-PI for this project.)

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