That's one way to blow $1,000! Rocket scientist hooks up two iPads so you can 'see' right through him for Halloween

If you were going to make do with a witch's hat and some facepaint, you might not want to turn up to the same Halloween party as this creative chap.



Mark Rober, who works for NASA, has managed to make it look like there is a huge hole blown straight through him with the use of two iPads.



The rocket scientist, from Pasadena, California, created the costume by duct taping iPads to either side of his torso.

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The i-costume: Mark, a rocket scientist from Pasadena, California, created the costume by duct taping two iPads to his body

One iPad is attached to the front of the body, one to the back with the screens facing out and then initiating a FaceTime video chat between the two. The effect is that the front iPad displays what's being recorded by the rear iPad and vice versa.

The look was completed by adding a white sweatshirt with a hole cut out of the middle and lashings of fake blood.



Mr Rober has spent six years at NASA helping to design the Mars Science Laboratory which is due to open next month and aims to carry out long-term robotic exploration of the red planet.

He explains that all you need for the Halloween stunt is two iPad 2s (at around $500 a piece) and a WiFi connection . If you don't have a decent network, then Mark helpfully suggests carring a phone with mobile WiFi.



He added: 'If the party you're at is kind of lame, you can always play Angry Birds.'



Not such a cheap trick: Mark explains his 'simple' costume which makes use of two iPad 2s, which cost around $500 each

Double vision: The 'hole' appears by starting a FaceTime chat on both iPads and taping them under a sweatshirt