Hackaday (unofficial) September 5, 2023 7:00pm Spooky Noise Box Has Post-Halloween Potential #holidayhacks #musicalhacks #halloween #noisebox #piezo #piezodisk #spring #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Spooky Noise Box Has Post-Halloween Potential There’s more than one way to scare people on Halloween. Sure, there’s always the low-brow jump scare, but that will generally just annoy the person and possibly cause a heart attack. No…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 16, 2023 1:00am Realistic Animatronic Eyes Are An Easy DIY Build #holidayhacks #animatronic #animatroniceyes #animatronics #eyes #halloween #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Realistic Animatronic Eyes Are An Easy DIY Build 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 ho…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 28, 2022 1:00pm Spinning Holographic POV Christmas Tree of Death #holidayhacks #ledhacks #raspberrypi #dotstar #pov #raspberrypi4 #rgbleds #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Spinning Holographic POV Christmas Tree Of Death [Sean Hodgins] really harnessed the holiday spirit to create his very own Giant Spinning Holographic Christmas Tree (of Death). It’s a three-dimensional persistence-of-vision (POV) masterpiec…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 27, 2022 10:00pm ESPHome Powers Festive Lego Train Set #holidayhacks #toyhacks #esp8266 #esphome #lego #legotrain #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 ESPHome Powers Festive Lego Train Set While the basic concept of LEGO bricks might have changed little since the mid-20th century, some components such as motors and sensors are still affected by technological progress and end up obsol…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 21, 2022 10:00pm LED Christmas Lights Optimized For Max Twinkleage #ledhacks #christmaslights #holidayhacks #led #leds #ws2811 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 LED Christmas Lights Optimized For Max Twinkleage Old-school filament-based Christmas lights used to be available in twinkling form. LEDs, with their hard-on and hard-off nature, aren’t naturally predisposed to such behavior. To rectify this…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 15, 2022 1:00pm Virtual Yule Log Brings Old Tradition To The Web #holidayhacks #internethacks #web #yulelog #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Virtual Yule Log Brings Old Tradition To The Web Yule Log broadcasts are a bit of an American tradition, though similar content has also been broadcast around the world. They consist of a video of a log burning in a fireplace, ideally merrily so,…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 13, 2022 5:00pm This Gun Should Be Banned During The Month Of December #holidayhacks #lastchristmas #wham #whamageddon #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 This Gun Should Be Banned During The Month Of December Do you play Whamageddon? It’s a pastime for the month of December, something like the Game, in which you lose when you are exposed to the 1984 Wham! Christmas classic, Last Christmas. Such is…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 4, 2022 1:00am Build Your Own Mini Fogging Cauldron #holidayhacks #atomizer #cauldron #halloween #halloweenhacks #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Build Your Own Mini Fogging Cauldron The best cauldrons are full of bubbling, steamy potions of great magical potential. We don’t have many of those in the real world, though, so sometimes we have to make do with a simulacra. [w…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 3, 2022 10:00am Hanging Christmas Lights With No Ladder and No Fuss #holidayhacks #christmas #christmaslights #magnets #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hanging Christmas Lights With No Ladder And No Fuss Getting up on a ladder to hang Christmas lights is a great way to hurt yourself if you’re not careful, and winter conditions only add to the peril. One enterprising hacker has whipped up a ne…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 12, 2022 4:00am Bike-Riding Skeleton Stalks The Streets on Halloween #holidayhacks #halloween #skeleton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bike-Riding Skeleton Stalks The Streets On Halloween Stationary pumpkins and motionless skeletons aren’t enough to scare people these days. If you want to really create a fright on Halloween, you need something more convincing. This bike-riding…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 11, 2022 5:00pm This Crosswalk Sign Costume Is a Halloween Hit #holidayhacks #costume #crosswalk #fairylights #halloween #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 This Crosswalk Sign Costume Is A Halloween Hit Halloween costumes can be anything from an expensive authentic recreation of a character’s garb, to a cheap knockoff bought from one of those overcrowded pop-up stores. Alternatively, you can…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 10, 2022 10:00am Automatic Candy Dispenser Takes the Hard Work out of Halloween #holidayhacks #candydispenser #dispenser #halloween #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Automatic Candy Dispenser Takes The Hard Work Out Of Halloween Halloween may be behind us, but we couldn’t resist showing you [Mellow]’s latest project: an automatic candy dispenser that takes the hard work out of serving trick-or-treaters. It̵…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 5, 2022 10:00pm Heirloom Knife Will Carve Pumpkins for Years to Come #holidayhacks #toolhacks #carving #jigsaw #knife #maple #pumpkin #pumpkincarving #walnut #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Heirloom Knife Will Carve Pumpkins For Years To Come Halloween may be behind us, but that just means that we’ve reached the best time to buy pumpkins. After all, it’s still fall, and there are pies to be made and tables to be decorated. W…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 22, 2022 6:00am Build This Halloween-Themed TensEGGrity Sculpture #3dprinterhacks #holidayhacks #3dprint #halloween #tensegrity #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Build This Halloween-Themed TensEGGrity Sculpture Tensegrity sculptures are fun things, and often sold as office desk toys or scientific novelties. You can build your own too, and [seabirdhh] has whipped up a fun holiday-themed version. The first …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 22, 2022 12:00am Neodriver Ornament Brightens Up Christmas #attinyhacks #holidayhacks #christmastree #led #tree #ws2812b #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Neodriver Ornament Brightens Up Christmas Stores will sell you all kinds of gaudy holiday ornaments, but there’s nothing like the style and class achieved by building your own. [w3arycod3r] did just that, whipping up the fun and fest…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 13, 2022 9:00pm Spooky, Scary Skeleton Is Pi Pico Powered #holidayhacks #halloween #skeleton #skull #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Spooky, Scary Skeleton Is Pi Pico Powered It’s the spookiest time of year once again, and hackers across the globe are cobbling together some spine-chilling projects. [Kevin] is amongst them, and has created a spooky, scary skeleton …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 9, 2022 6:00pm Relax and Have a Nice Cup of Teeth #holidayhacks #halloweendecorations #halloweenprops #teeth #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Relax And Have A Nice Cup Of Teeth Halloween is just around the corner and what better way to add a little spooky decor than to 3D print [DaveMakesStuff]’s Teeth Cup. It looks like [DaveMakesStuff] has done the equivalent of &…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 17, 2022 12:00am Halloween Mirror Offers A Mighty Fright #holidayhacks #halloween #halloweenhacks #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Halloween Mirror Offers A Mighty Fright Jump scares are controversial in the horror world, whether you’re talking about movies or video games. You can bring that same irritating thrill into real life, too, with this Halloween mirro…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 19, 2022 12:00pm Edible Electronics Let Us Hear the Lamentations of the Chocolate Bunnies #arduinohacks #holidayhacks #howto #arduino #chocolatebunny #ediblecircuits #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Edible Electronics Let Us Hear The Lamentations Of The Chocolate Bunnies Yet another Day of the Chocolate Bunnies has passed by, and what did you do to mark the occasion? You likely kicked back and relaxed, surrounded by whatever you gave up for Lent, but good for you i…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 24, 2021 7:00pm Santa’s Beard-Combing Robot #holidayhacks #beard #christmas #shittyrobot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Santa’s Beard-Combing Robot Working all year long, herding elves and fabricating toys for all the good boys and girls; it takes dedication. It’s only natural that one could fall behind in beard care, right? This year, […