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EPISODE 162
ZeroEdge aquariums bring infinity pools to your fish
Dell Inspiron Zino ready to grace home theaters everywhere
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Futuristic Bathtub by Spiritual Mode
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Sanrio)
It was inevitable, really. We've seen aquariums of all kind on Crave, including one that can even be controlled via Wi-Fi. So of course we would eventually encounter one from Hello Kitty.
And just so we can always stay near, Tokyomango says the Sanrio empire has generously included a USB connection for this faux tank as well. It makes perfect sense, now that we think about it: first air, then land, now water. The invasion continues unabated.
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Reef One)
Now this, friends, is one invention worth crowing about: a self-cleaning fish tank. It's something that practically every parent must endure at some point, when a child brings home that first goldfish from the school carnival.
Unlike standard aquariums, the "biOrb" has a special ceramic system that "provides a massive home for filter bacteria," according to its U.K. distributor, Reef One. The only maintenance required is a regular changing of the cartridge in the aquarium's built-in filter.
T3 adds that the spherical tanks come in a variety of colors and can hold 15 liters of water, enough for six fish to cohabitate comfortably as long as none of them is a Sabretooth Tetra.
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Pixar)
Ever wish you didn't have to get your hands anywhere near those icky-smelling flakes of fish food? Well, here's an answer to your problem. An Egyptian professor, Mohamad Abou El-Nasr, won third prize at last week's Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. for creating a home aquarium that allows the owner to remotely control it from anywhere in the world. With the Wi-Quarium, you can adjust the heat, water filter, and lights in the tank, as well as feed the fish on command. You can also watch them on a webcam and obtain e-mail reports of how the aquarium's doing.
Unfortunately, no snapshots of the prize-winning piscatorial product were available.
Now, I think that's a little much--although it's a better idea than the "pat the fish" aquarium. Wi-Fi control is good for things like garage doors and lawn sprinklers. I suppose wireless fish tank control would be a plus for when you go on vacation or a business trip, but I could see people easily getting lazy and choosing to feed their fish at the push of a button all the time. Fish are pets. They're alive. C'mon, spend some time with the little guys!
Blub blub?
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Higo Blog)
Over in Japan, the Oita Marine Center features a funky fish tank that seemingly defies the laws of gravity, matter, and sensibility: thanks to some vacuum technology, the fishies can swim "out" of the tank so that you can feed them, pat them, etc.
Cool, yes, but this would be an absolute atrocity if anything went wrong. Those poor fish! Though I must say, some hilarity would certainly ensue if water started randomly spewing out all over a crowd of unsuspecting aquarium patrons. But still...those poor fish!
(Via Geekologie)
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