Drawdio is a mashup of drawing plus audio. First, watch the quite jaw-dropping video. Done? Good. The original Drawdio, from MIT hipster Jay Silver, was a ripped-apart electronic toy bought in ...

From one strange musical contraption to another: the Drawdio is a simple electronics kit that turns a standard 2B pencil into a screeching, wailing instrument. Relying on the conductive properties of ...

Congratulations to Sheila Meidell, winner of our 9th Day of Geekmas giveaway! She scored a copy of EA’s Brutal Legend, as well as a set of Musician’s Dice. Sheila likes music and games, so it seems ...

So you’re stuck in a boring class and you can’t fight off the urge to hack something, even your pencil, to pass the time. Maybe you are performing a live electronics show and you drop your synth down ...

When we posted about the Drawdio release, mentioned how simple the circuit was and that we wouldn’t be surprised if people adapted it. [Dylski] decided to build it using stripboard and parts he had ...

One of the milestones on my path to electrical engineering was sometime around 6th grade, when my parents bought me one of those 150-in-1 electronics kits, the one with all the wires and spring ...

Techies love generating new ways to make strange noises. The iPhone gave us the ability to annoy friends with ease using a plethora of sound-generating apps like iAno or I Am T-Pain. Now, another kind ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Join Bozeman Public Library and the Bozeman MakerSpace crew for a Drawdio workshop, Tuesday, Aug.

Who could imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil and then play them with your finger? It is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw. Their ...