Posts Tagged ‘fish’

Fish Tank Inside A Fryer

Sunday, July 6, 2008 22:23 No Comments

We all know that when you add oil to water, it rises to the surface. A company in Japan, called Water Fryer decided to exploit this physical effect and add some water and a goldfish, at the bottom of a fryer.
As they state the oil’s high temperature does not affect the fish and that [...]

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Robofish: It Goes Where No Man Can

Monday, June 9, 2008 21:10 No Comments

Underwater robots so far had the disadvantage that they needed to surface often to communicate with the human controller. Kristi Morgansen of the University of Washington, has developed the Robofish, that communicate with other such robots and hence it conveyers the information without resurfacing. It is called Robofish as it is using a fish tale [...]

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Greenpeace Protests In Brussels Seafood Expo To Save Tuna

Sunday, April 27, 2008 20:30 No Comments

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At the Brussels Seafood Expo a message was heard:

Ladies and Gentlemen your attention please, the Dongwon, Mitsubishi, Moon Marine, Azzopardi and Ricardo Fuentes stalls are now closed.

Activists had chained themselves to the stands and displayed banners saying; ‘Time and Tuna are running out’. Greenpeace closed down the stands of five tuna suppliers in order [...]

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Transparent Fish Created by Scientists

Saturday, February 9, 2008 14:40 No Comments

The zebrafish is genetically similar with humans and its has already stated to be used for studies of the human biology and disease prevention. Scientists at the Children’s Hospital in Boston in their need to see the internal structure of the body, with out the need for equipment, converted the fish DNA to become transparent. [...]

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