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Add Network Activity Indicator LEDs to Laptops By fb36,  Oct 4, 2009  |    Sun Oct 04 16:36:16 GMT 2009

I think laptops should have 2 LEDs for network activity.
One would light up when the laptop is sending data to Internet and
the other one would light up when it is receiving data from the Internet.
(This LEDs should be directly connected to network control circuit, so that it would be impossible to any software temper w/ them.)

Currently Windows XP allows network activity display but Vista does not (it just displays a fake animation). I think doing it w/ hardware would be better than software anyway because the CPU would not need to deal w/ it.


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Latitude 2100 Network Activity Light By jrprich,  Jul 23, 2009  |    Fri Jul 24 04:01:58 GMT 2009

Latitude 2100 Network Activity Light

It would be helpful if there was a software app that would allow the teacher to select what would trigger the light or what would not from their PC.
But in many school environments school ITĀ folks have deployed dedicated software like NetSchool Support or ABTutor to control just what students can do on their PCs. This type of software is very flexible and powerful to the teacher that knows how to use it.

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Categories: Education  Latitude  Network Activity Light  
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You Dream It...We'll Design It! By bri_b,  Jul 8, 2009  |    Wed Jul 08 20:43:15 GMT 2009

Calling all Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and Students …we want you on our education design team. Tell us what functionality we should add to the Latitude 2100 Network Activity Light.Ā  Your idea could end up on our roadmap to help students and teachers worldwide.

Your input was invaluable in the development of the Latitude 2100. Ā Now, we are asking you how the Network Activity Light can support integrating technology into your classroom.Ā  Simply click the "POST" button at the top of the page and give us your idea including the Education and Network Activity Light categories.

From now until late August, we will collect your ideas and the IdeaStorm community will be able to view, comment and promote their favorite suggestions.Ā  Once all the ideas are in, our Product Group will review and begin development of the software app that we plan to deliver the following school year.

We don’t want to stall your creativity… please send us your dream scenarios.Ā  But do keep the ideas focused on when the light should be on and when it should be off.Ā Ā  If you want to see the network activity light in action, please watch this 90-second video.

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Categories: Education  Network Activity Light  
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