Happy Halloween!
Enjoy your Halloween and be safe. Keep reading for a thermite project preview. I was actually out testing out some stuff with thermite. I’m seeing how little you can use and still completely destroy a...
View ArticleA Scary Pumpkin Pi
What do you get when you combine motion sensors , a Raspberry Pi, and a pumpkin? When it’s Haloween, a headless scarecrow with a light-up carved pumpkin in its lap! The execution of this hack is...
View ArticleFembot costume includes smoking nipples
The greatest of Halloween costumes start with an idea, but they’ve also got to have strong execution to pull the whole thing off. This year [Johanna Jenkins] decided to put together a Fembot...
View ArticleCan you believe this Portal gun was built from scratch?
This Portal gun will really make [aNoodleJMC's] costume pop this year. He actually built the video game weapon replica from scratch. It even includes some electronics to light it up blue or orange...
View ArticleRock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot costumes make party conversation awkward
Don’t get us wrong, we love these Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot costumes. But as with that Samus Helmet it must make party conversation a bit weird. And how do you hold on to your beer? But you’ve got to...
View ArticleComputers Not Candy with The Geek Group
This year for Halloween, The Geek Group, decided to take a very different approach to outreach. Instead of making animatronics, or converting their giant (seriously HUGE) space into a haunted house,...
View ArticleRoomba and virtual walls make up this theme family Halloween costume
It figures. You spend a ton of time making a cool set of costumes and then you can’t get your kid to pose for a picture. It’s okay though, we still get the point. This themed set of costumes dresses...
View ArticleRobotic tentacles for a disturbing haunted house
[ivorjawa] is putting on a haunted house this Halloween that we really don’t want to go to. His robot tentacle is already supremely creepy, and we’re assuming it will only be more frightening once...
View ArticlePseudo-Random Flickering Jack-O-Lantern LED using ATtiny13
It’s time to get those jack-o-lanterns twinkling for Halloween. If you don’t want to use candles or buy a jack-o-lantern light this Halloween you can do like [Johannes Bauer] and code your own...
View ArticleFire Breathing Jack-O-Lantern of Death
[Rick] is at it again, this week he has conjured up an even more dangerous Halloween hack. Thankfully [Rick] has included a warning of just how dangerous this hack can be, especially if children are...
View ArticleClass Up your Haunted House with a Disney Mansion Prop
Die-hard Disney fan [Brandon Etto] must have one of the coolest houses in the block around this time of year, especially now that he’s built his own Master Gracey changing portrait. If you’re...
View ArticleA Killer Arcade Cabinet for Halloween
It’s already pretty cool that [Clay] co-owns an Arcade, but he’s really impressed us with his custom-made Splatterhouse cabinet built to get his patrons in the Halloween spirit! A Namco brawler title...
View ArticleFail of the Week: 27 Face Jack-o’-Lantern
Sheer luck brings a Halloween themed project for this Fail of the Week post. [Stryker] wrote in to the tips line to share a link to what is an extremely awesome hack. He carved four three different...
View ArticleLight Controller Goes Overboard for Halloween
Yep, we said it. This Halloween decoration goes way overboard… and we love it! Not only does [Shelby Merrick] put on an incredible sound and light show for the neighborhood, but he keeps us happy by...
View ArticleHalloween Links: October 30th, 2013
Happy Halloween from everyone at Hackaday! To help you enjoy the holiday here are a few festive links: [Mike Kohn] whipped up a set of motion tracking eyeballs to make his decor extra creepy. There’s...
View ArticleRetrotechtacular: Lighting the Way for Talkie Pictures with Optical Sound...
This week’s Retrotechtacular is a 1943 Encyclopædia Britannica film focusing on optical sound reproduction for motion pictures. Both the sound and the images are recorded on film, which is only...
View ArticleA Pair of Projects to Scare the Trick-or-Treaters
The countdown is on! There’s only a few days left until Halloween, and if you’re still looking for something to spice up the experience for the kids heading to your door, [MagicWolfi] has just what you...
View ArticleHacklet 21 – Halloween Hacks Part 2
We asked, you listened! Last weeks Hacklet ended with a call for more Halloween themed projects on Hackaday.io. Some great hackers uploaded awesome projects, and this week’s Hacklet is all about...
View ArticleThe R2D2-‘O-Lantern Reddit Doesn’t Want You To See
The people here at Hackaday aren’t dedicating their entire lives to moderating comments and sending press releases to the circular file; some of us actually have jobs and hobbies. [James Hobson] works...
View ArticleHalloween Hack Night at Pololu
Have some servos and an Arduino lying around? It isn’t too late to get your freaky on! Last night, tech enthusiasts of Las Vegas gathered at Pololu Robotics to show off their hacks for a Halloween...
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