Karlexceed: Created page with "I wanted to make something that was just about as creepy as I could come up with, and a skull that follows you around the room fits the bill pretty well. So here's the story o..."

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Created page with "I wanted to make something that was just about as creepy as I could come up with, and a skull that follows you around the room fits the bill pretty well. So here's the story o..."

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I wanted to make something that was just about as creepy as I could come up with, and a skull that follows you around the room fits the bill pretty well. So here's the story of what I did. More detail will be posted soon. Oh, and some videos too.

== Parts / Materials ==
* Fake skull, approximately life-sized
* USB webcam
* 2 servos
* Brackets for the servos
* Sturdy base (I used 2x4s)
* Arduino, or other microcontroller
* Battery pack
* Breadboard
* Laptop with Python, OpenCV, and 2 USB ports

== Software ==
Check out this project [https://github.com/karlexceed/SkullCam on my GitHub]!

== Images ==
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File:Skull01_Image11162013210311.jpg|The skull after attaching the camera.
File:Skull02_Image11172013185626.jpg|Here we can see the face detection in OpenCV working.
File:Skull03_Image12202013071247.jpg|The skull mounted on it's pan/tilt "neck" and wooden base.
</gallery>

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Karlexceed: Created page with "I wanted to make something that was just about as creepy as I could come up with, and a skull that follows you around the room fits the bill pretty well. So here's the story o..."