For this week’s hack, [Dino] was working on a mechanical cat toy, but the project fell apart towards the end for some reason or another. With time running out, he had to come up with something on pretty short notice, using whatever he happened to have on hand. Luckily he picks up some seriously weird stuff at the local thrift store and had a disembodied doll’s head kicking around for this last minute project.
Taking a cue from Toy Story’s [Sid Phillips], [Dino’s] doll’s head hexapod is as creepy as it is simple. He had a remote controlled hexapod from RadioShack sitting around, and thought it would be fun to combine it with the doll’s head. He replaced the dolls eyes with a handful of LEDs, which are green as the hexapod retreats, but glow a bright red as it advances towards you. The only way it could be any creepier is if [Dino] added a voice box that plaintively called for “mommy” as the doll crawls around!
It’s a relatively goofy project, but it gave us a good chuckle. The most disturbing highlight of the build is when [Dino] removes the doll’s eyes using a wood drill bit around the 6:00 mark.
If you’re looking to kill a few minutes, be sure to check it out – [Dino’s] work is entertaining as always.
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Excellent Hack, sir! So simple, yet so cool.
The drilling out of the eyes was especially awesome and creepy.
Oh blimey, that reminds me of the crawling head scence from John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).
Hmm. That’s given me an idea for a small project. Plenty of time until Halloween as well.
Or the Toy Story hexababy (or was it an octababy?)
And does he remind anyone else of Hugh Laurie with lighter hair?
At first glance I thought it was Hugh aswell XD
Somewhere between Hugh Laurie and Sir Richard Branson
Why is it that every time a male hacker submits something we need to comment on their looks?
/fakeoutrage
I’d say closer to Richard Branson than House.
9:20+ is very scary. Rapid, rigid movements to stopping and staring, simple but effective.
You’ve combined my fear of spiders with my fear of small children.
Oh man that is NASTY!!! :-) Enough to scare the hell out of kids, Halloween or otherwise.
Imagine THIS thing leaping out of someone’s birthday present as they walk up to it and running round the room squealing like a banshee.
Don’t forget to add a voice activated camera to record the expression of utter horror for posterity.
(I am not responsible for loss of bodily function control or palpitations etc if someone tries this stunt on a person who is of a delicate disposition!)
i need a few dozen of these!
Yes, and they need to talk to each other using modem noise as they swarm on anything that moves.
Oh God, lol! I totally agree.
In fact, I think I should do that for my sisters birthday, she loves creepy stuff like this!
That toys a ripoff of a jamius from youtube’s spidertank check him out JMEMantzel he is a master tinkerer!
shame on hackaday, never saw any of his stuff here
Damn that things just plain creepy.
“Us toys can see everythinggggg!”
very toy story!
This dude is so cool. I wish he was my dad.
This guy needs his own tv show really.
that’s good old-fashioned nightmare material right there…cool though
that gives nightmeres it loolk like chucey its not scery you peepol are crazzy omg