Archives: October 2010

Ita☆Sha: Otaku rides after dark

04 Oct 2010

Photographer Tomoyuki Sakaguchi has published an online gallery of itasha at night.

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Rei Densetsu / Rei Ayanami

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Shinya / Sasami Sasagawa

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
StudioR / Tacchi Tachikawa

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
MAGI / EXIT TRANCE SPEED

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Piskes / Haruhi Suzumiya

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Itokuzu / Hayate Yagami

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Itokuzu / Hayate Yagami

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Wan / Koiiro Soramoyou

Itasha photo by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi --
Regtan / Miku Hatsune

The entire collection is available as an iPad photo book, which also features background stories about each itasha and its owner.

[Link: Ita☆Sha]

Video: Squirming ‘umbilical’ iPhone cable

01 Oct 2010

This umbilical cord-inspired charger cable by interactive media artist Mio I-zawa comes to life when connected to an iPhone.


+ Video

[See also: Mechanical tumor, external heart, elastic cell]