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'BOO! Pi Costume Contest' Raspberry Pi 3 & Sense HAT for FREE - 2016 HALLOWEEN COMPETITION NOW ENDED

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What are you going to be this Halloween?

Simply ENTER ANY SIMPLE IDEA as a comment here by 23:59 GMT on 1st November 2016 to WIN a Raspberry Pi TREAT BAG including the Pi 3, Sense HAT and goodies!

 

It’s that time of year again at element14 when we let out the ghosts and ghoulies from our electronics cabinets and get in to the spirit of things; this year with our ‘BOO! Pi' Costume Contest.

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Supported by Raspberry Pi, post your ideas for creepy costumes and wearable tech here and we'll choose our top 10 favourite attires to send a BOO! Pi Treat Bag containing the latest Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Raspberry Pi Sense HAT.

You can use any tech to make your outfit.

 

For inspiration, Community Top Member and Halloween aficionado has already started designing his very own walking, talking, digital slot machine, so why not follow Charles and his own costume project blogs.

Blog 1: Raspberry PySlots: The Costume - Introduction? and

Blog 2:The Costume - Hardware, Software, and Pretty Lights! and

Blog 3: Raspberry PySlots: The Costume - The Slot Machine, NeoPixels, Pull Arm, And Finishing Things Up

 

To get your skulls glowing, here’s some more muse:

 

    Ben Heck's Hacker Halloween Mask                                          Ben Heck Builds a Portal Shirt for Halloween

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    Ben Heck's Halloween Superhero Wearables Part 2             Ben Heck's Halloween Drone: Dressed Up as a Ghost

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Not spooky enough? Looking for other Halloween costume ideas? >

 

Basic Terms

  • No limits on how many pictures you post. Any haunted humans, animals and object costumes accepted.
  • Use any tech and costumery to make your outfit.
  • Entries posted up to 23:59 on 1st November when all ghoulishness will be suspended for another year will be in with a chance to win 1 of 10 BOO! Pi treat bags.
  • All genuine ideas and designs commented up to the competition close date and time will also be awarded an exclusive digital badge on their profile! image
  • We'll announce the winners here no later than November 4th, 2016.

 

Read full Terms & Conditions >

 

Now Go Get Your BOO on!

 

 

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  • in reply to CharlesGantt

    Watched it Charles. Fab video! Project looks top notch...

  • So here is my idea for a halloween costume. The concept uses some piezoelectric sensors to sense steps and sends that information to a raspberry pi3 or Intel Edison. This is used to light up WS2812 LEDs to create a lighting effect of sorts. Additionally, we send out sounds to a Bluetooth speaker that makes thumping sounds as the wearer takes steps. There is another WS2812 Strip that is wrapped around the neck and goes down the shirt button line. It generates the effect of red blood trickling down the neck and torso. There is a 3D printed bolt collar with Flickering LEDs that complete the Frankenstein Effect.

     

    The control unit and battery are held on the belt with some buttons that can be pressed to produce loud noises. The way this is supposed to be used is that the wearer stands quietly in a corner and presses a button which creates a lighting effect on the worn LEDs and the sound elsewhere(possibly behind the observer) thereby creating a surrounding effect. Hence the name "Loud and Surround Frankenstein"

     

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  • in reply to ipv1

    There is a 3D printed bolt collar with Flickering LEDs that complete the Frankenstein Effect.

    ,  we once glued two big iron bolts to the temples of a friend with super glue, after a night out. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Don't try this at home, kids.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    , we once glued two big iron bolts to the temples of a friend with super glue, after a night out. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Don't try this at home, kids.

    Unfortunately... been there done that. image In college we glued some LEDs to the locks of a friend. The concept was to have make it look like he had fireflies in his hair but he kinda did not appreciate the idea. It was water soluble so it was not that big of an issue. He shaved his head the nextweek anyway and claimed he "felt LEDs glowing" in his head. Took a year to grow back long hair suitable for headbanging. image

  • Whilst I was a college we made a "Terminator" eye for a film we were making. We took a joke "bulging" eye and added in a 10mm flashing LED and wired it a 3v coin cell which was hidden in the eye. Some tin foil was added around the LED to make it look metallic, other makeup and tinfoil were applied around the face. You could reproduce this with a table tennis ball or 3D printed part instead of a shop bought eye.

     

    I'm afraid I don't have a picture of what it looked like, but this was what we were aiming for.

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  • In honor of Wonder Woman’s 75th Anniversary, the United Nation’s has declared Oct. 21st WONDER WOMAN DAY! Maybe there is a wonderous Halloween version of Lynda Carter's ensemble someone could make!..?

  • Not a costume but something I've been modifying for Halloween. The DragonDetector was something I put together earlier in the year for a competition. Due to time constraints I used a cardboard knight. I've since 3D printed one and added a servo as well as the RGB LEDs. The idea is that when the kids come past trick or treating then the knight will spring into action to scare them off!.

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  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Paint a ghoulish face on him and you've got a 'deadly knight'!