Last year some legend out there built a prop that hung off his roof as if he was stranded hanging in mid-air in an emergency kind of state. Several people tagged me saying I should build one. So this year, I gave it a shot. What you see below is some behind the scenes pics & videos. It's been funny to see neighbors and people driving by stopping, reversing their cars, double-taking, etc. when they think it's a real person up there. To build this I used a FrightProps Halloween PVC kit...

This year I made 2 different Halloween IOT props. I used the same or similar techniques from the previous years... Actobotics for building out the structures and support, Particle.io for the IOT controller and software side, and pneumatic powered "mechs" from FrightProps.com for the movement. The new addition this year was adding in a FrightProps "Picoboo" controller to the setup, which brought on great possibilities. Adding this allowed me to add in audio and instantly cut power on and off...

This year I took the same clown head and built a body around it that can move and added in some fog machine love and set it all on a table to troll the kids in our neighborhood. If you're interested in previous years implementations check them out below: 2020 - IOT Coffin 2019 - IOT Clown + Slimer 2018 - IOT Clown 2017 - Airghost 2016 - Flame Throwing Pumpkin Here's a behind the scenes video showing the backside in a tweet.. Here’s the final #Halloween #IOT setup completed...

Pictured Above: Hurricane 1000 with the top off focusing on the problem part, which was the pump. Recently I received a brand new Chauvet Hurricane 1000 Fog machine. I opened the box, filled it with fog juice, plugged it in, let it heat up, then all it did was make an odd rattling sound. After a lot of research and tinkering I have fixed it and it's a pretty simple fix. I have posted this page and video in hopes of saving someone some heartache of their machine not functioning on...

  In 2020 I updated the Halloween IOT setup to be a clown in a coffin that was controlled remotely from my site. We had a great time with it.   If you're interested in previous years implementations check them out below: 2019 - IOT Clown + Slimer 2018 - IOT Clown 2017 - Airghost 2016 - Flame Throwing Pumpkin Here's a video walking through this year's setup .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; }...