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Entry 59: Every
year I set up my yard to scare the candy out of the kids who come to
my door. I set up fake tombstones, strobe lights, and even fog. but
the hardest part of making my scene realistic is the fact that I have to have friends over to maintain the effects and to jump out
and scare the kids. with x10 automation, it would make the job a lot
easier and fun for everyone. taking the hard part out of the work,
and leaving us to scare the kids in our own ways. along my walkway I
would set up several x10 sensors to set off scary sounds and to
flicker led lights I have set up in my bushes to look like monster
eyes. as the trembling children make their way past more sensors,
skeletons would jump out of their graves, and fall from trees. when
they would finally come up to my steps, I would set up a hot body
detector kit rigged to a strobe light, air cannon, and a scream
track scaring off all but the bravest. finally, I would set up a
sensor by my doormat rigged to an xcam2 wireless camera to catch all
the action and frightened faces of the trick or treaters. thanks to
x10, I can create a horrifying experience for any trick-or-treaters,
young or old. -- Kris
Machnicki
Entry 219: I
am the creator of the "haunted hearse tour of terror".
we're giving away two haunted hearses for Halloween, both with a
sealed coffin in the back. our contestants must drive the hearses
for one-year (20,000 miles) and then they get to keep the prize in
the coffin. of course, one coffin doesn't contain a prize but rather
something very unpleasant. see http://tour.youricc.com for details.
we're using x10 technology to capture the delivery of these haunted
cars on tape and on the web! using x10 and a *real haunt* we're
going to get some true "Blair witch" footage here. no
scripts, real footage. our contest has over 9,000 applicants
nationwide and we expect well over 750,000 people to watch our x10
footage. in one year when the coffins are opened and the contents
revealed, the x10 cameras will be there!! just so you know, we put a
"ultimate 3-cam super deal" (starter kit) and a Nightowl camera in each car (4 cameras in each car, 8 total). how does the
x10 work? the cameras are mounted in the car as follows: 4 x10 color
cams on the front dash board, two facing the front seat passengers
and two facing the road. 2 x10 color cams mounted on the rear roof,
to monitor any spirit activity in the "coffin area" of the
car. there is one Nightowl camera looking out the rear of the car.
in order to retain scan power, we use an dc/ac converter. this
allows us to plug in all x10 devices as you would at home. of
course, we couldn't believe x10 hadn't released a addressable car
adaptor kit yet (hint, hint). then we could have plugged them into
the lighter adaptor or connected it to the stereo wires so the
cameras could turn on when the car is started. the cameras are
currently set to do this, however they use the dc/ac converter. yes,
so that's dc-to-ac-to-dc conversion. we mounted a palm pad remote in
the center armrest. it can be removed to replace the batteries that
it runs on and then velcroed back in. the 9" TV-VCR combo unit
is mounted from the roof of the car (obviously on the inside) right
past the divider window. the TV-VCR can be swiveled so it can be
viewed from anywhere in the hearse. there is a wireless receiver
mounted under the roll top that outputs the cameras to the TV-VCR.
the Nightowl camera goes into line 2 of the TV-VCR (the others in
line 1). -- Christopher
Avell
Entry 14: I
use the x10 firecracker computer interface to bring life to my
animatronic monsters (aliens, vampires, ..)hiding in the bushes. I turn each f/x displays on and off over 300 times in one night with
special software. the x10 modules cycle the monsters and their led
eyes on and off independently. my backlights, strobe lights and
circling UFOs can also be turned on and off. check out my home-made
f/x displays. www.geocities.com/csolsen/index.html -- Christopher
Olsen
Entry 60: A
big box (refrigerator box preferably but could be washer/dryer, etc)
sits on the porch in front of the closed door. inside the box . . .
is me, with a small TV and some remote controls. kids walk up the
driveway and a motion detector triggers the soft lights to become
bright, focusing on the box. a camera hidden in a bush beside the
porch transmits it's image to my TV inside the box, and I can see
the kids. I have a wireless microphone transmitting to a small
speaker hidden in a bush so that I can talk to the kids and make
noises, all the while sounding like a recording. the
"recording" asks the kids to leave a candy donation
"for the poor kids" in a small tube going through the
front of the box (what . . . give candy instead of get some?) kids
who at least give something are greeted with a thank you, a remotely
controlled "tada" sound, and flashing lights, and then
several pieces of candy are dispensed from a tube near the top of
the box (I feed it from inside) and a friendly voice thanking them
for their contribution. any kids who refuse will get the sound of
crying and lights out (except for dim safety lights). if any kids
get nasty or put junk in the tube, they will get a siren and
growling dog. -- Joseph just
Entry 49: I
would set up a bunch of x10 sensors along my drive way and near my
door so as soon as a child walked by it would set off a tape player
or turn on some item that would totally freak out the child, or I could make the
sensor detect a child at my door, then make a
contraption that when turned on would drop out 4 pieces of candy or
so, that way I wouldn't have to answer the door every 30 seconds!
plus I would put up an x10 camera to catch the kids faces and how
scared they were with what happens when I have things scare them
please vote for me! -- Ken smith
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