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Renowned Japanese Illustrator Hiroshi Yoshii creates amazing gleaming 2.5d creatures using Zbrush. He also brings some of these creatures into 3D with his own hand-made resin figures.

For TTF'08, he's creating a 3-color edition of his fish-like figure, 'Piyora'. There is a work in progess shot of the figures in the painting stage.

More pictures at: http://www.yoshii.com/iweb/Artworks/Works.html

Nintendo clothing

A fan of Nintendo? check out these awesome clothing designs.

Ranging from varsity jackets to T-shirts to hoodys, each is unique and features a little something from the Nintendo world. The theme seems to be a little retro from the Nes and Snes era.

Sony Ericsson Paris

A very short video to demonstrate the up comming Sony Ericsson Paris device.

The video shows the handset for very common use, and does not go into advanced features of the device. The demo is very short, and seems as if it is destined to be a commercial clip.

Tokyoplastic Tee Shits

You've watched and rewatched Tokyoplastic's awsome and amazing web animations, and also bought their vinyl toys.

But now be prepared as they are about to bring you their first-ever T-shirts from 'Terratag'.

There are three designs - Bear in Speaker, Belch (operadude) and Bear on Chair (Koguma)

Sony Sountina glass tube speaker

Last year we saw a prototype glass tube speaker from Sony, now they are in production.

The 6-foot tall, 50- to 20,000Hz trembling monument to music now known as the 'Sountina' aka NSA-PF1. Inputs include analog RCA and digital coax and optical TOS supporting up to 24bit/96kHz linear PCM (stereo). As to the sound quality from the 13-cm subwoofer, 7-cm mid, and organic glass tweeter.

However this mega light saber lookalike speaker is going to set you back around £5000.

Weatherproof Submersible Wireless Speaker

Listening to your favourite track unterwater has never been easier. Using the Grace Audio Weatherproof Submersible Wireless Speaker, you can listen to music under 9 metres.

The turtle-like unit connects to any music source up to 150 feet away, runs for about six hours on a single charge, aslo up to ten speakers can be chained wirelessly.

Tenori-On

Tenori-On is a musical instrument for live electronic music performance.

The Tenori-On was developed by Yamaha and Japanese artist Toshio Iwai, known for his Nintendo DS game Elektroplankton.

Costing around £600 it will be in limited amounts.

Atmos x Puma Endangered Species

Around a week ago there was was news that a Atmos x Puma Endangered Species pack would be coming soon, foot wear that feature a variety of endangered animals.

The first pack contained animals based from the north and south poles and the follow-up reveals other animal based styles such as the Ibis Clyde and the Panda Mid.

Each sneaker includes a detailed photographic shot on the insole, captured by award winning Japanese photographer Mitsuaki Iwago. Set to release June 28th at Atmos locations.

Kissaki ' Avenger'

Erick Scarecrow has released a new vinyl figure called 'Kissaki'. The word Kissaki is Japanese and translates to 'point of the blade.'

Kissaki measures a over 10" inches and will be available in this "Avenger" colorway exclusive to ESC-TOY LTD and is limited worldwide. Also the package will come with a limited edition print while supplies last.

The Antidiva Micama Chair

Priced around £3,500 the Antidiva Micama Chair is in a class of its own.

With its snake like features and very customisable body, it will fit in any living room and fit the needs of the person wanting to relax on it.

Japanese Highway interchange photos

Photographer Ken Ohyama has taken some superb photographs of Highway interchanges in Japan. The buildings in the photos look very complex and it is quite hard to believe that they are all man made structures.

More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20013727@N02/sets/72157603079316181/

New Sony Walkman

With an emphasis on fashion, the compact NWD-E020F series features replaceable Style-Up panels that allow users to change the color of their Walkman to suit their wardrobe or mood. Combining form with function, this new Walkman series is available in 1GB and 2GB models, and can store up to an impressive 1,350 songs or 90 hours worth of music.

The NWD-E020F comes supplied with Style-Up panels that are available in five different sets: Pure White and Precious Gold; Luxury Pink and Jewel Pink; Ocean Blue and Forest Green; Urban Black and Shiny Silver; as well as Blazing Red and Indigo Blue. In addition, users can choose from 10 optional Style-Up panels to complement their varied lifestyles.

Acer predator

High end gaming PCs are big, bold and,well, over the top on everything. The Acer-Predator is no exception.

Looking like a mix of something out of 'Transformers' and a Flymo lawn mower, this heavy armoured gaming rig ticks off all the boxes in being a gaming machine.

The Predator boasts a metallic copper coloured housing, some sharp lines and a ‘flip-up’ front cover reminiscent of the wing-doors on Ferraris.

There’s a Blu-Ray drive built in, easy-swap hard drive bay at the bottom and Dual LAN technology for blistering speeds.

The gaming system is pretty customisable, though by default incorporates an Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor and choice of SLI graphics configurations up to nForce G9800GX2.

To keep all of this stuff from melting all over the floor Acer has developed a liquid cooling system that guarantees safe operation even after overclocking, and is rated for over five years of continuous operation without pump failure or coolant evaporation.

Prices start at around £1350 up to £3,200 for the highest spec and it’s expected to beat its way into stores in June.

Wall - E in L.A.

Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink on Vimeo.

Wall-E has been spotted around L.A. acting all cute, cuddly and Wall- E like.

Eboy's LA poster

Eboy has designed some pixelated artwork of a vision of L.A.

Alot of going on in the image and is very detailed through out the whole scene.

Geronje Ora-ito kitchen

French designer Ora-Ïto designed this Geronje Ora-ito kitchen for the European manufacturer Gorenje.

They created a white, four-ton prototype is freestanding and transportable prototype, made from a single block of material and built so that it can be set up in the open air. It also can be equipped with Ito's line of black glass appliances. Now this kitchen prototype shown at the 2008 Foire de Paris of the kitchen of the future for Gorenje.

Coke vending machine robot

A giant Coca Cola vending machine robots were spotted at Tokyo stations last year and now someone has decided to start selling toys based on them.

Just like a Transformer, this huge vending machine is really a robot in disguise.

The figure is in actual fact a savings bank and will be 11" inches tall.