It May Be The Best WoW Costume Yet, But It Makes Me Cry

Right now this kid is probably thinking that he's the coolest MMMORPG player on the block with his costume that comes with a LED health bar, mana bar and spell casting glove, but I have the feeling that he'll be haunted by the glowing fairy companions of Halloweens past one day. I, on the other hand, already feel haunted by the misguided costume ideas of this particular Halloween. [Make]

Cupcake Frosting Robot Takes The Fun Out Of Licking Up Messes

The MakerBot Frostruder MK2 is the second prototype of a computer controlled cupcake froster. It looks kinda cool, but is it really necessary to build a robot for consistently frosted cupcakes, cakes, and toast? I'd rather use the time saved to nibble on the "defective" inconsistently frosted treats. [Makerbot via Make]

Palm Will Not Be Having A Very Merry Christmas

Things worse than creepy commercials loom on the horizon for Palm as analysts at Citigroup and CL King are predicting a rough winter for the handset maker. Part of the reasoning is the release of several Android handsets including the much discussed Motorola Droid over the next few months. Is it really surprising that people would flock to the new and shiny toys of the season? [All Things D]

Personalized Google News Pages Appeal To The Narcissists In Us

Google News now allows for personalized pages with multiple queries (rather than the single query sections of the past) which are publishable in a directory. Not really all that exciting, but as Techcrunch suggests, the best use for this feature is as the ideal vanity search, rounding up everything you didn't even know was online about yourself. [Google News Blog via TechCrunch]

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And please, be safe!

Here is the complete list of costumes, in order of awesomeness. Thanks to everyone for participating and congrats to mdg357!

UPDATE: We've added a bonus late entry at the end of the list from our old friend Nick McGlynn—a truly kick ass Inspector Gadget. The contest may be over, but given that many of you might also be arriving late to the party, feel free to add your costume in the comments of this post. We would still love to see 'em.

All you need to do is drop a photo in the comments of you actually wearing the costume. And let me just say, if it's Star Wars, it had dammed well better be unique somehow (like the Lego Star Wars costumes pictured above). And no, we don't need to see a pic of you as a kid in the '80's dressed like your favorite Ghostbuster—keep it recent. Show us a truly creative geeky costume and you could win that extra large pizza with toppings of your choosing. Better get on it as soon as you get home though—we'll be posting the best ones tomorrow. Good luck!

[Image via WTF Costumes]

Amazingly, this is not the first time the Savio created human-sized iPhone costumes. In 2007, with the help of Bobby Hartman, that duo crafted smaller and simpler versions with 37-in. screens that could only display looped videos of real iPhone screens in use.

This year, however, shit got real:

With some heavy researching and some solid determination [John] Savio finally found a solution. He managed to modify the software on the iPhone to allow a live dual image output to the large 42" lcd tv while maintaining the image in landscape mode [...] The team has about $2000 into the two costumes and has no regrets

Two grand for one night of incredibly geeky fun. Did I mention each of these weigh 85 pounds?

Dudes got to work on their high fives though. Napoleon Dynamite there got left hanging something fierce.

Update: Corrected the creators' names for this version and the 2007 version. Thanks for the heads-up, Amanda. [YouTube via Mac Rumors via TUAW]

Regardless, this Zoltar costume/car employs a Segway to mysteriously float through the streets, making the old young and the young old with no discrimination whatsoever, all while Zoltar's voice is modulated for the full Zoltar effect (though wasn't he a quasi-mute who printed answers on cards in the movie?).

Protip: only wish to be younger. Because if you're suffering arthritis only to find Zoltar broken down, well, Blue Cross won't exactly cry you a river.
[segnyc via MAKE via OhGizmo!]

It's a cool use of an emulator, sure, but the combination of the look at that guy's face and the fact that you basically have to manipulate his crotch to make the blocks move is a bit off-putting, to say the least. [technabob]

• Repulsor Air - Blows air with CO2 air pump on hip and hose back to his hand.
• Repulsor Missile - Using CO2 air pump can also launch a paper missile.
• Repulsor Sensor/Light - A magnetic switch sensor lights his repulsor hand light and fades out and in his glowing eyes. Arduino handles this effect.
• Repulsor Sound Effect(s) - Originally not working. Worked around problem by using right-mouse, middle-mouse button and configured Elightenment17 to playback sound effects using Mplayer script. Mouse buttons activated by Arduino Digital output triggered by sensors.
• Arc Reactor - A LED night light from Costco embedded in his chest.
• BeagleBoard: Powerful Computer - With BeagleBoard already running in JARVUS box on my son's back need to add other features. Possibilities: Web cam, mobile router with hotspot and a head-mounted display, VoIP, streaming video of Iron Man view.
• Arduino: Super Input/Output Board - Handles repulsor effects but can add other sensors to enable even cooler special effects!!

And in the off chance that the LED arc reactor ever fails, we hear the suit is powered by backup generators that run on pure adorableness. [Nice job Enrique!]

[Thanks Andrew for the photos]

Watch! As the "rhino" walks slowly towards the security force! Listen! To the very dramatic music! Look incredulously! As the "rhino" is pushed aside by small poking sticks! Laugh! As two guys in a rhino costume are shot with tranquilizer darts from a van! I only wish all emergency preparedness drills were this hilarious. [Arbroath via Neatorama]

Nice response so far guys, but we have a few notes about the entries we've been receiving:

Some of you have done great, but most of you are just sending yourselves in a robot costume from 2003. No offense, but we do not care about your old pictures from when you still listened to Nelly.

We want pictures in which you, as a robot, are turning on Man (read: not just hanging out with Him). Think less robots dancing by a keg and more robots stealing a keg with a mob of angry humans chasing behind. Capture the moment of singularity. Capture our downfall.

And in case you've forgotten the grand prize, one of you will win a whole pizza. Now, I know a lot of you read that and think we mean a large. Well, we do not mean a large. We're talking about an extra large. Feed yourself and someone you love.

The only catches are that all submissions must be:

1. Original Non-Photoshopped Photos
2. Received by November 1st

Send all of your best shots to tips@giz with the headline "Robots Turn on Humans" for entry, along with your contact info. May the meanest robot win. [Photo by Steve Madonna]

He used both red and yellow LEDs for the buster, making the gun part of it red while the power meter is a cool yellow. Seriously, this is amazing. He's still putting together the rest of the costume, but it's safe to say that it'll be a sad day when his son outgrows this thing. If I had one of these in my size, I'd wear it at least once a week. [Destructoid and Destructoid via Neatorama]

Spooky. [instructables via MAKE]

Apparently more weapon attachments are on the way. No word on additional costumes. [via Impress]