Five-year-old Iron Man

Honestly, I'm not trying to make this day all about Iron Man, but this is just freaking awesome. Gizmodo has a story about a very committed dad who decided to make his own version of Iron Man featuring his five-year-old son, lots of air compressors and an Iron Man mask. What else is there? • 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!! The result? Utter awesomeness and an example of what every father should strive for with their young boys. Enjoy the video below. I am a five-year-old Iron Man

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