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Can Halloween fans bring a big budget feel to their haunted house on a shoestring? Well, thanks to technologies new and old it can be done not only for cheap, but without a ton of effort. To find out how to make it happen, we spoke to Steve Eaton, a special effects man who works in Hollywood and who every year puts on his own haunted house in Santa Clarita, California. And he's able to do it with some simple tricks thanks to digital projectors and a handful of fog machines. Here's a few things he uses to create that eerie haunted vibe.
 
Ed Rogers lives in an apartment that would be a dream for train watchers, but nightmarish for fans of sleeping. He lives right up against the tracks, and sometimes really long, noisy trains come rolling by. His solution? Automatically closing windows, with the help of some tech-savvy know-how and a 3D printer.
 
Summer is winding down, which also means the end of cookout season. But wait! Don't roll your grill into the shed just yet! You still have time to make your propane tank seriously awesome.

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