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Japanese Otaku Creates Creepy Talking Girlfriend Pillow for the Lonely

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 6:03
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Original article on OddityCentral.com – a blog on oddities and wacky news http://www.odditycentral.com/

Japanese inventor Koichi Uchimura is on a mission to develop new technologies that “support people’s otaku life”. Otaku is a term that refers to young people who are obsessed with computers or certain aspects of popular culture, often at the cost of their social life. And Uchimura wants to make sure they have every convenience possible. His latest invention is a creepy talking anime pillow that responds to human touch.

Having used anime huggy pillows – called dakimakura – himself, Uchimura realized that they always left him feeling unfulfilled. “When we’d sleep in the same bed, I’d start to think, ‘I wish she could talk,’” he said. “I wanted to make that a reality.” So he came up with ‘Ita-Supo’, a sophisticated talking pillow printed with the

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Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/japanese-otaku-creates-creepy-talking-girlfriend-pillow-for-the-lonely.html

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