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What is the Otomatone?


11:30 PM on 02.22.2010
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Giant Robot's Eric Nakamura posted about this cool gadget on his blog, and I couldn't help but find that I wanted one right away. If you are staring at it wondering what exactly it does, the easiest thing to do is hit the jump and watch a video of its creator playing it. This event took place at the Giant Robot store on Sawtelle in Los Angeles a few days ago, and you can watch the crowd digging on this little guy as Tosa Novmichi shows of fits many talents.

I love how everything in Japan always has a happy face. I wonder if that kind of makes the Japanese want to tear their hair out?






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Wow that guy is awesome. How does it work? Is it like air pressure or something? Or electronic?
That looks freakin cool :D.......now I need to find out where they sell those online ?_?
ThinkGeek's got 'em for 35 bucks.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/musical-instruments/cd38/?cpg=125H
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They sure do!! ;)

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