MAKE | HOW TO – Make flashing “BONEfones”

MAKE Instructable member Gschoppe shows you how to convert a totally underwhelming foam skull into a Halloween speaker system… He writes – “I was at Abott’s party store in Littleton, NH a couple days ago and saw a foam skull. Upon first glance it looked like your basic Halloween prop, until I saw the LEDs in its eyes. I immediately knew this would be the prop of a lifetime… with the sort of technology it was hiding in its cranium, the skull might be able to:

a) Scare the daylights outa the neighborhood kids
b) Dispense fortunes when it detected questions directed at it
c) Do the dishes, walk the dog and fetch me a beer
d) All of the above

With visions of sugarplums dancing in my head, I reached down with hands trembling in anticipation and flicked the “ON” switch.

Its eyes lit up.

they didn’t even blink.

I was utterly devestated.

It was then and there that I decided to remedy this great injustice. I purchased the skull and began brainstorming.

Ten Redbulls later I hit upon an idea…
What if the skull could talk…
what if his eyes lit up while he talked…
Brilliant!” – Link.

Related:
Blinking leds – Link.

More:

MAKE Halloween projects – Link.
MAKE Halloween archives – Link.

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Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter you are, you can enter all or just some of the contests – Link.