We at [HAD] love any hack that combines children’s toys with science-fiction technology, so seeing a Tickle-Me-Elmo “frozen” in [Carbonite] is a definite win in our book. It’s also a great argument for joining your local Hackerspace, or just getting together with some like-minded friends. This idea came out of an impromptu brain-storming, or “talking about crazy ideas session” at the [Baltimore Node] hackerspace.
Fortunately [Todd] had access to all the tools necessary to make this “crazy idea” a reality. A [Shopbot] was used to cut out the box, and the side panels were 3D printed with help from these files on Thingiverse. For processing, an [ATtiny85] programmed using an Arduino was used to power this project.
There’s no mention of whether [Todd] would be willing to part with his creation, however, we would guess that there would be no bargaining with him. He’s not going to give up his favorite decoration easily.
You can’t talk when you’re frozen I’m Carbonite. Everybody knows that.
Meh.
“Whatever” in Carbonite jumped the shark last century..
Looked like a giant phallic shaped object at first glance. After seeing what this does, I might just prefer that!
Oh, good. I am quite relieved that I wasn’t the only one who saw it.
Awesome! Totally awesome!
What an appropriate thing to do with Elmo!
A garbage disposal would be more appropriate, “Does THAT tickle you son of a bit*h!?”
I kind of prefer the thought of elmo getting fed to the Sarlacc but that’s just me.
Nice. Another video shot in portrait.
And small enough to be mostly covered when the ad pops up.
This might be appropriate.
was an arduino really needed to flash 3 led’s?
He used the Arduino as an ISP programmer to flash the program onto an ATtiny85 that blinks the LEDs.
Even still, there doesn’t seem to be any particular sequence behind them, so just simple self-blinking LED(s) or transistor/cap circuit would have sufficed.
it had to happen sometime, DO A SMURF NEXT!
Laughed my head off at the picture…
It would be nice if these “hacks” had some detail instead of just a poor-quality video of what the thing does.
That image is horrifying