Lo-tek capacitive touch sensor for Halloween fun

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October 18th, 2009

In this video, the fine folks at NerdKits show you how to use one of their kits and some aluminum foil to create a capacitive touch sensor that lights up LEDs when a hand is placed inside of a jack-o-lantern candy bucket.

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