animatronics
Disney Robots Can Play Catch, Are Probably Friendly
Check out the new batch of robots that the company’s research arm is manufacturing to fill its theme parks with fun.
Disney Is Cloning Human Heads, Ought to Rename Itself Tyrell Corporation
Nestled in the Alps in a pair of nondescript clapboard houses marked only with a set of Mickey Mouse ears, Disney researchers are up to no good. This is the home of Disney's Zurich lab, one of six that the nearly 90-year-old company maintains around...
Disney Clone A Human Face, Create More Realistic Animatronics
This is how it begins, Westworld is how it ends.
Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012, on Disney's "Machine-Tooled Happyland"
Ray Bradbury, author of _The Martian Chronicles_ and _Fahrenheit 451_, and all-around science-fiction Grand High Master, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 91. Bradbury was responsible for turning untold numbers of young humans into powerful...
Motherboard TV: The Creature Shop Is the Scariest Place in Johannesburg
Last year Motherboard traveled to Johannesburg to check out South Africa's top fright factory, known to those in the horror biz as The Creature Shop.
Motherboard TV: The Creature Shop: The Scariest House in Johannesburg
Motherboard has always been fascinated by the (black) arts, but combine our interest with gore and some awesome puppetry, then set the stage in South Africa and we're really cooking with gas.
The Rock-a-fire Explosion: The Movie
If you ever traveled to the inner United States in the 80s or spent time on YouTube in the 00's, you likely know the Rock-afire Explosion. It's the animatronic musical mascot tableau that delighted and possibly creeped out thousands of Nintendo playing...