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Ever wondered how it feels to have the Sorting Hat decide your fate? [Will Dana] wanted to find out, so he conjured a bit of Hogwarts magic, and crafted a …read more Continue reading From Felt to Fate: Building Your Own Sorting Hat
A little under 25 years ago, a particularly bizarre game was released for Sega’s Dreamcast. In actually, calling it a “game” might be something of a stretch. It was more …read more Continue reading Bringing the Horror of Seaman into the Real World
[Will Cogley] makes eyeballs; hey, everyone needs a hobby, and we don’t judge. Like all his animatronics, his eyeballs are wondrous mechanisms, but they do tend toward being a bit …read more Continue reading Screwless Eyeballs Are a Lesson in Design-For-Assembly
Every hacker appreciates how off-the-shelf parts can be combined into something greater, and [bryan.lowder] demonstrates this beautifully with his organ-playing skeleton, a wonderful entry to our 2023 Halloween Contest! Skelly …read more Continue reading 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Organ-playing Skeleton Livens Up Halloween
What are you doing to scare trick-or-treaters this Halloween? Surely something, right? Well, Hackaday alum [CameronCoward] certainly has his holiday under control with Dead E. Ruxpin, a murderous, cassette tape-controlled …read more Continue reading Dead E. Ruxpin Appears Alive and Well
It’s not Halloween yet, but if you’re planning a technically-complicated costume, it might serve you well to start building now. To that end, here’s a guide from [Ikkalebob] on how …read more Continue reading Realistic Animatronic Eyes Are An Easy DIY Build
Well, I did it. I conquered my childhood fear of talking bears and brought a vintage Teddy Ruxpin animatronic stuffed bear into my home. There were and still are plenty …read more Continue reading Teardown: How Many Teddy Ruxpins Does It Take to Start a Coven?
[Enza3D] shows off a surprisingly compact articulated animatronic eyeball that can be intuitively controlled with a Wii nunchuk controller. The design uses 3D-printed parts and some tiny servos, and all …read more Continue reading Enjoy This Animatronic Eyeball’s Smooth Moves
At first glance, this little animatronic mouse might seem like a fairly simple affair. A door opens, our rodent friend pops its head out, looks around, and goes back in. …read more Continue reading Peek Behind the Curtain of this Robotic Mouse
Halloween is right around the corner and just about every Halloween project needs some kind of motion sensor. Historically, we’ve used IR and ultrasonic sensors but [Makers Mashup] decided to …read more Continue reading ESP32-Cam Makes a Dandy Motion Detector