When I first saw the Drawdio at Maker Faire I knew it would be a great project for beginners: A lot of fun with instant gratification! Essentially, its 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.

• 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

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)

The Drawdio kit was designed in collaboration with Jay Silver & based on his original design!