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Inflatable T-Rex Halloween Skeleton

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All we have left of the dinosaurs are their bones (and maybe birds depending who you ask) but that means they are completely ready for Halloween with their dino skeleton costumes. It’s not too late (thank you Amazon Prime) to make your house the coolest on the block this Halloween by setting up this sweet Inflatable Dinosaur Skeleton. This 6+ foot tall inflatable also has LED lights for an even spookier effect.

We like that this Tyrannosaurus Rex is holding a pumpkin- he may act like he’s all fierce and the king of all dinosaurs, a cold blooded killer, but really he’s just a guy with a big heart and tiny brain holding a gourd. We can relate. Heck, he probably carefully and meticulously spent hours carving it with his tiny legged little razor sharp claws like a reptilian Edward Scissorhands.

Inflatable T-Rex Halloween Skeleton

NASA Makes the Best Pumpkins

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We’ve seen our share of amazing jack-o’-lanterns over the years, but you know who makes the best pumpkins? NASA. Makes sense. If you can put a man on the moon and explore outer space, cool pumpkins should be no big deal.

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The space agency holds a workplace pumpkin-carving contest every year, and when you are talking about the crafty folks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, you know that these pumpkins will be stunning. These guys are engineers of the highest caliber. These guys create pumpkin art like no other. They are given an hour to pick their pumpkin, get to know it’s dimensions and so on, then they are not allowed to see it again until carving day. They spend the time in between planning.

Check out some of this year’s awesome and inspired creations in this video from WIRED:

These pumpkins are just amazing. That alien cow abduction one is brilliant. These folks could do any task you threw at them.

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ICYMI: Mousetrap for memory, balloon space launch and more

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Holy Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Tetris ported to a jack-o’-lantern (video)

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What happens when you gut a pumpkin and replace its insides with heat-shrink tubing, solder, 128 LEDs, eight AA batteries, an Arduino board and clever programming? You get what self-proclaimed tinkerer Nathan Pryor calls "Pumpktris." Over the years we've seen the classic puzzle game Tetris ported to some amazing things, but a piece of fruit? Just in time for Halloween, this high-tech spin on the jack-o'-lantern features a fully playable Tetris game controlled from the pumpkin's joystick stem. Whether you're a hardcore do-it-yourselfer, or a diehard Tetris fan hoping to top the system's high score (9,800 points), you can build your very own Pumpktris. Of course, its creator estimates it'll take around 12 hours or longer to build the custom LED matrix and joystem and carve up the gourd of your choice. If you're up to the challenge, you can find a complete walkthrough of the project at the source link below. However, if you'd just like to see this quasi-organic gaming rig in action, check out the groovy video after the break.

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Glow in the Dark Death Star Pumpkin

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That’s no moon! It’s a Death Star Pumpkin. It looks like it took a lot of time to hand paint all those little details. What we have here is actually a fake pumpkin painted with UV reactive and glow in the dark paint. See, it glows:
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This Star Wars Halloween pumpkin is about 7.5″ tall with a 9″ diameter. It also has a vulnerable exhaust port that could be a weak spot if any Rebel ships come nearby. This punkin’ can be yours for $225 but if you want to paint your real pumpkin with glow-in-the-dark paint, you can pick up a good selection of glow paints here at Amazon Glow in the Dark Death Star Pumpkin.

Glow in the Dark Death Star Pumpkin