This Jack-O-Lantern Pops Pumpkin Spice Whenever Someone Approaches
This Jack-O-Lantern Pops Pumpkin Spice Whenever Someone Approaches
Arduino Team — October 24, 2022
Halloween is only a week away and that means two things: jack-o'-lanterns decorating porches around the world, and the sudden proliferation of pumpkin spice products. Pumpkin spice is not a spice made from pumpkin, but rather a spice used in pumpkin pies. As we all know, farmers harvest pumpkin spice from pumpkin farts. This inspired The Man Cave YouTube channel to create this jack-o'-lantern that launches pumpkin spice whenever someone comes near.
The Man Cave was unable to acquire a real booby pumpkin (Starbucks keeps them locked up), so they were forced to build an artificial recreation that expels the pumpkin spice-scented Febreze air freshener . They started by carving a jack-o'-lantern out of a mundane, non-flatulent pumpkin. This has a face with an expression that expresses the general feeling of "sorry for my deliciously aromatic gas".
The pumpkin lantern's eyes are just the right size for an ultrasonic sensor to peer through, which is how it detects the presence of a person. An Arduino Uno board monitors the ultrasonic sensor and activates a small servo motor when it detects motion. The servo arm presses the button on the Febreze canister, causing a cloud of pumpkin spice-flavored gas to be emitted from the back of the jack-o'-lantern.
Arduino Team — October 24, 2022
Halloween is only a week away and that means two things: jack-o'-lanterns decorating porches around the world, and the sudden proliferation of pumpkin spice products. Pumpkin spice is not a spice made from pumpkin, but rather a spice used in pumpkin pies. As we all know, farmers harvest pumpkin spice from pumpkin farts. This inspired The Man Cave YouTube channel to create this jack-o'-lantern that launches pumpkin spice whenever someone comes near.
The Man Cave was unable to acquire a real booby pumpkin (Starbucks keeps them locked up), so they were forced to build an artificial recreation that expels the pumpkin spice-scented Febreze air freshener . They started by carving a jack-o'-lantern out of a mundane, non-flatulent pumpkin. This has a face with an expression that expresses the general feeling of "sorry for my deliciously aromatic gas".
The pumpkin lantern's eyes are just the right size for an ultrasonic sensor to peer through, which is how it detects the presence of a person. An Arduino Uno board monitors the ultrasonic sensor and activates a small servo motor when it detects motion. The servo arm presses the button on the Febreze canister, causing a cloud of pumpkin spice-flavored gas to be emitted from the back of the jack-o'-lantern.
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