The recently announced for pre-orders LaCie Huby can remake your desktop and serve an actual purpose at the same time. It’s design is obviously unique, as are all of the objects designed by Ora- ?to (whose resume includes the spherical OGO water bottle). This stylistic hydra of a hub allows for 4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 Firewire 400 pots, a fan, and an LED light. Being the first hub offered by LaCie, this PC & Mac compatible peripheral is an impressive product multiple of many functions. Included in the package are 8 flexible cables, 8 colorful LEDs (white, violet, green, red, yellow, orange, blue and pink), the USB fan, a USB extension cable and a FireWire 400 extension cable. If you have a little room on your desk to spare, why not fill it with this? The LaCie Huby is currently listed at $79.99 on the LaCie store site and since it’s shipping late this month, it also makes the perfect mid-priced gift for anyone in the family. — Nik Gomez
LaCie Huby [via Gearlog]