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POSTED Thu, 08/13/2015 - 16:00 | POSTED BY Traci C.
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Beachbot Robot Creates Giant Sand Drawing of Walt Disney at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

Guests at Disney's Contemporary Resort got a real treat last week when they had a chance to watch the Beachbot "entertainment" robot create a giant sand portrait of Walt Disney. The Beachbot was created by Disney Research Zurich and a group of undergraduate students from a Swiss engineering school.

POSTED Thu, 04/23/2015 - 16:00 | POSTED BY Traci C.
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Disney Research Creates Layered Fabric 3D Printer

Disney Research has recently revealed its Layered Fabric 3D Printer in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University. This new 3D printer comes after the research arm of The Walt Disney Company revealed its needle-felting machine last year.

POSTED Tue, 01/13/2015 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Traci C.
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Disney Research Using Video to Detect Behavior of Giraffes at Night

Researchers with the Disney Research have developed a new video technique that will automatically detect unusual giraffe behaviors at night. The technique was tested by monitoring four giraffes at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge.

POSTED Thu, 09/26/2013 - 05:00 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Disney Applies for Infrared Imaging Projection Patent

Disney Research has recently applied for a patent for an Infrared Imaging Projection, and according to the patent application, there are several uses for the technology.

POSTED Wed, 09/25/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Disney Research Invents Microphone That Transmits Sound through Your Fingertips

If you've ever wanted to send someone a secret message simply by touching their ear, Disney Research has come up with a way to do just that.

This new invention - called the Isihin-Denshin - takes the sounds that are spoken into a microphone and transforms it into a low current inaudible signal that is then sent back into the speaker's body. And this is where it gets really sci-fi - when the person who spoke into the microphone touches another person's ear that inaudible signal vibrates in the person's earlobe, recreating sound.

POSTED Wed, 07/31/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Disney’s Newest Technology Aims to Control the Air Around Us

Disney's Imagineers are once again working to make the impossible seem possible.

According to a recent story on engadget.com, Disney Research is working on ways to add haptic feedback to thin air.

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POSTED Thu, 04/02/2015 - 12:00 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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D-Tech Me Returns to Star Wars Weekends At Disney’s Hollywood Studios

I'm not afraid to admit it; I always wanted to be a Jedi. I am a big Star Wars geek and any chance I get to imagine what it would be like to walk the halls of the Millennium Falcon or travel to the ruins of the Jedi Temple, I take it. With luck, today's little tidbit from Star Wars Weekends only brings me closer to my dream.