Raspberry Pi, AI Camera, SONY IMX500 Object detection for a Halloween project.

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, October had arrived, and the air buzzed with Halloween excitement. At the same time, a new Raspberry Pi AI camera came into my hands, and that means it’s time to scare someone. People often fear AI because they believe it will take away jobs, but this time, it will help me create a new kind of fear.

Traditionally, the whole setup in the video:

The Problem

I bought a reaper that makes some scary noises.

But it activates with a button. A button, Carl!

This is the most useless feature I’ve ever seen. Some reapers use sound activation, but they’re just as ineffective because no one’s going to clap or press a button to get scared.

Did the engineers really think someone would clap or press the button, hoping to be suddenly…