Fish
Apr 4 2008, Somya

Technology strikes marine life. Not in the ways you might think but in creating quite an eyecandy for a gadget. Under the guise of a ‘crystal’ ball with a fake fish inside, this techno-wonder is a USB hub! The glassbowl, with the help of LEDs,...

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Taki Myamura displays a sack of Chokan pollack roe up for auction by Icicle Seafoods Inc., in Seattle Friday April 4, 2008.