Halloween Automaton – Surprise top hat Home By Phillip TorronePhillip Torronecurrent: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600... View more articles by Phillip Torrone @adafruit November 1st, 2006 Dug North writes – “An Automata-maker made this rigged top hat. A hidden cable controller activates a mechanism hidden within the hat to provide a little halloween surprise. Check out the video” – Link. Tagged DIY Projects Halloween Holiday Projects By Phillip TorronePhillip Torronecurrent: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600... View more articles by Phillip Torrone @adafruit Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server! ADVERTISEMENT Subscribe now to Make: MagazineThe official magazine of Maker Faire Related Articles from Make: From the Shed: New ArrivalsHuman SpikerBox$299.99Book: How Your Brain Works$25.95Human-Human Interface$299.99 Get Make: Magazine $19.99