Get him into model railroading with a computer and network attached .Then he can program the trains to run ... or not. Sometimes they don't run anyway, with or without a computer. Some times they run into each other head on like in the real world. For this he could make $200k a year or lots more with an MBA.

Insects used for surveillance show up in Rendezvous with Rama, a novel by Arthur C. Clarke published in 1972 then followed by additional novels by Gentry Lee. The Humans use technology and the Octospiders use biology when the two species fight a war on the spaceship ... good reading. -Rendezvous with Rama (1972) ISBN 978-0-553-28789-9 -Rama II (1989) ISBN 978-0-553-28658-8 -The Garden of Rama (1991) ISBN 978-0-553-29817-8 -Rama Revealed (1993) ISBN 978-0-553-56947-6