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Drawdio paint brush
MAKE Magazine — ... Not to be limited to pencil, the Drawdio sound generating/art project is seen here using the conductivity of water from a paint brush. Temporary marks can be made and used - then just let them evaporate away. Neat! ...

Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts that will inspire your kids!
MAKE Magazine — ... Drawdio Kit Price: $19.50 Buy: Maker store - Link You may have to put this kit together if you have younger kids, since it requires soldering. It's easy to assemble, and fun to hack! Drawdio has been kid tested at my house for many hours, and is a hit with everyone who tries it! Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw! It's great project for beginners: An easy kit with instant gratification! Essentially, ...

Under $20 electronic kits - learn electronics on the cheap! [Advertisement]
Gizmodo — ... us will have more time than money next year. It's not all bad news - it's good for building things and learning new skills - if you're going to spend your hard earned cash consider spending it on something that gives back, FOR YOUR MIND. Here are things to get your started in electronics for $20 or less - A kit to learn about electronics - something to hack and mod: A DIY iPhone charger that fits in an Altoids tin, magically spell words in the air, a singing pencil kit (Picture Pages!), hack your phone's SIM card, learn all about ...

Make: Holiday Gift Guide
Core77 — ... , featuring tons of gifts "that will inspire your kids!" Extremely hard to pick our favorites here, but let's just say that we'll be saving up our pennies (and finding that old soldering iron) this weekend to bang out a couple of Drawdios before the New Year. ...

How the Drawdio was invented
MAKE Magazine — Great background story on the Drawdio kit (we have this in the Maker Shed!)... Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGyver your everyday objects into musical instruments: paintbrushes, macaroni, trees, grandpa, even the kitchen sink... One day I bought a "harmonium" kit at the street market in Bangalore. I hacksawed the keyboard off to make the ...

Drawdio round up - BZZZ BEEEP BLOOP
MAKE Magazine — ... If you've never seen a kid make a Drawdio - you're missing out. I get asked all the time what's the best kit to build with a son and/or daughter and the Drawdio is my #1 pick. Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw - it's a very simple musical synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of pencil graphite to create different sounds. The result is a fun toy that lets you "draw" musical instruments on any piece of paper. If you're old enough to remember ...

Remixed Drawdio
MAKE Magazine — Nice Remixed Drawdio (originally developed by Jay Silver & adafruit industries). The kit is also available in the Maker Shed and moving fast! As a simple gEDA/PCB example I did a remix of Drawdio using the ladyada schematic. The documentation file contains plots of the schematic and pcb layouts, embedded datasheets of all components used, BOM and component lists. Line items in the BOM and component list hyperlink to the appropriate datasheet. The tarball contains the schematic and PCB source files. John, ...

G1 PhoneTar
MAKE Magazine — ... jack as well. Looking into the future for the project, I see a need for the right hand to do something. A module down there for strumming or touching contacts would be nice, and could probably be connected to the phone with bluetooth or maybe even usb. It would also be nice to have a sound scoop behind the speaker so that it directs the audio towards the audience. A built in amplifier would be festive as well. It could also be configured for use with the Arduino and Drawdio, both of which can be found in the Maker Shed. This is not intended to ...

Drawdio videos!
MAKE Magazine — Two great Drawdio videos from Ars Electronica Festival via leobard & Jay! Kit is available in the Maker Shed too! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Kits | Digg this!

Fairytale Fashion - Conductive Materials: Playing with Drawdio
MAKE Magazine — Fairytale Fashion created by Diana Eng has a great new video with the Drawdio! We are going to embroider a dress with conductive thread so that it is touch sensitive. What do you imagine happening when the dress is touched and a closed circuit is made? Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Open source hardware | Digg this!

Make: Gift Guide 2009: Gifts that will inspire your kids
MAKE Magazine — ... anything else you could imagine. Most blocks today are standard squares and rectangles, maybe an arch or two. Haba blocks are the exception. They make an incredible variety of blocks, including Baroque Building Blocks, the Coliseum, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Castle parts, and a lot more. Be sure to click through all the pages to see the complete line of Haba architectural building blocks. Drawdio Kit (Maker Shed, $19.50) Drawdio is a really fun DIY electronics kit and musical ...