boingboing.net - 12/6/2008
—
Last month I wrote about Adafuit's Drawdio kit, an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw.
Later, I got an email from JJJ Silver, who invented the Drawdio, and I asked him to tell me how he came up with it. Here's what he said:
Imagine you could draw musical ...
ladyada.net - 12/2/2008
—
ladyada.net —
The best way to see how Drawdio works
is to watch a video... Here is one of
me playing with my kit right after building it (This is a video of an earlier revision so it looks a little different)
(more)
Drawdio!
Comments
Blog Reactions
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 ...
Related Content
Drawdio!
ladyada.net 10/9/2008 — Check to make sure your kit comes with the following parts.Sometimes we make mistakes so double check everything and email support@adafruit.com if you need replacements! Description Datasheet Distributor
Drawdio Kit
makershed.com 11/20/2008 — Runs on a single AAA battery for many hours (even 'nearly dead' batteries will work) Use any pencil - mechanical or plain. The kit comes with a 2B pencil, the softer the lead the better Ridiculously fun for all ages
Drawdio! - Make the project
ladyada.net 12/30/2008 — Make it This is a vey easy kit to make, just go through each of these steps to build the kit Tools and preparation Check the parts list Assemble it
Drawdio Electronic Pencil Let’s You Draw Music
ohgizmo.com 12/30/2008 —
By Andrew Liszewski
The Drawdio was originally created by Jay Silver , and it’s basically a simple music synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of graphite in a pencil to create unique sounds based on what you draw on a piece of ...
NeXT Cube: The Computer that the Web was Invented on
blog.smibs.com 12/18/2008 — I am interested in the history of technology and I have a soft spot for the machines that became milestones in the history of computing. Recently, I had the opportunity to get an early NeXT Cube, the same computer that Tim Berners-Lee used to invent ...
drawdio music pencil lets you doodle electronic sounds
technabob.com 12/2/2008 — Feeling musically inclined, but haven’t the time or knowledge to write sheet music? Now you can produce your own sonic creations simply by doodling on a piece of paper.
Designed by Adafruit (in collaboration with Jay Silver), Drawdio is an ...
Post your Drawdio projects!
adafruit.com 5/29/2009 — First up, here’s our Drawdio Instructable! Next up - There’s a new Drawdio group on Instructables and your hack/mod/project could end up in a museum! Just add your Drawdio Instructable to the group, all submissions that have some original ...
Drawdio on Veroboard on Vimeo (video)
vimeo.com 11/9/2008 — Credits Dylski Tags drawdio 1 diy 1116 electronics 327 audio 752 pencil 167 veroboard 1 stripboard 1 2 Likes Josh Kopel 1 day ago Famicoman 2 days ago This conversation is missing your voice. Take five seconds to join Vimeo or log in . ...
Follow TechBlips on Twitter
