Make Your Home Like Living With the Land with This At-Home Garden

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You can turn your home into Living With the Land thanks to an indoor hydroponic garden available from Gardyn. Living With the Land & Gardyn An extremely targeted Instagram ad alerted us to the Gardyn technology. The vertical piece has three white poles on a base with two thin lights pointed at the plants. We … Read more

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Walt Disney Imagineering Has Created a Free-Roaming Groot Animatronic Character That Will Change the Industry Forever

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Walt Disney Imagineering’s newest industry-changing technology is “Project Kiwi.” As Matthew Panzarino from TechCrunch reports, this project is actually a free walking robot in the form of Guardian of the Galaxy‘s Groot. Panzarino visited Walt Disney Imagineering in California to witness the robot walking around after three years of development. The goal of Project Kiwi … Read more

Josh D’Amaro Discusses the Fresh, Technology-Focused Future of Disney Parks

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During an interview with CNN Business, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro spoke on the future of Disney Parks in the midst of preparations for the 50th Anniversary of the Walt Disney World Resort. D’Amaro wanted to first and foremost assure that the company will protect Walt Disney’s legacy and will continue the magic that people … Read more

Disney Patent Brings Advanced Version of Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Technology to Your Pocket

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A patent application published January 14, 2021 details how Disney could use smartphones as a conduit to virtual puppeteering. An app and the smartphone’s cameras allow the user to control a virtual puppet. The invention is a consumer version of the technology used in Disney attractions like Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor and Turtle Talk with … Read more

Look Back at the Opening of IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth With This Issue of Birket Engineering News

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During the COVID-19 closure of the Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, we’ve been dipping into our archives of vintage park materials for a look back into park history! If you’re missing IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, look back on how EPCOT’s legendary nighttime spectacular came to be with this issue of Birket Engineering News! Note: … Read more

Celebrate the Disneyland Monorail System With This 1986 National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Pamphlet

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With Disney Parks around the world closed for the foreseeable future, WDWNT is dipping into our archives of vintage parks materials for a look back into parks history! Today, we’re taking a ride back to December 1986 when the Disneyland Monorail System was named a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark! Note: This article will detail the … Read more

Patent Application Indicates Disney is Developing a Technology for Interactive Games on Vehicles, Could be Implemented on Walt Disney World Buses

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From the Disney Skyliner to the new Walt Disney World buses with character wraps and charging ports, Disney is always trying to plus transportation offerings. A new patent application hints that Disney is looking to create an interactive experience for guests while riding said vehicles. From the patent application: One aspect of the present disclosure … Read more

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort Adds Upgraded Wi-Fi, New Network Name in Public Areas

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Guests of Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort can now use the internet faster than ever with an upgraded Wi-Fi system. The upgrade brings higher speeds to all public areas at the resort, as well as guest rooms in Buildings 6–10. In addition, guests using the Wi-Fi in public spaces at the resort can now find it … Read more

New Patent Application Offers New Development in Disney’s Plans for Robotic Stunt Performers

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A new patent application filed by Disney has revealed a new development in their robotic stunt performer, or “Stuntronics,” program. Recently, Disney’s research arm, Disney Research, tested out a program called “Stickman: Toward a Human Scale Acrobatic Robot.” A stick-like robot is held and then released from a pendulum, curl ups as it falls to … Read more