Toshio Iwai, the crazy musical genius behind the DS music "game" Electroplankton, is back and with a new crazy device. Called the Tenori-On, this Iwai and Yamaha Music created portable music player is still in the prototype phase. The instrument is laid out on a 16-by-16 grid of LED buttons and boasts two built-in speakers. The buttons can either be lightly strummed like a harp or pressed. Notes are apparently set off by a line of light that sweeps left to right, sorta like Lumines. What does it sound like? Electroplankton. Every generation needs a theremin. I'm so happy we're getting ours. Brian Ashcraft

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