Imahara is a cast member and story writer for the short film Architects of Evil, created for the 2004 Industrial Light & Magic Backyard Film Contest.[13] He mentored the Richmond High robotics team Biomechs #841 (Richmond Ca.) for the FIRST Robotics Competition, lending his expert guidance on how to create the right robot for the right job.[14] Imahara is profiled in the magazine IEEE Spectrum, in an issue focusing on engineering dream jobs.