Originally Posted By brotherdave <a href="http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/disney08152012.aspx?utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Disney+Pittsburgh%3a+Don%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2t+look+now+but+your+hosta+is+jamming+with+the+salvia&utm_content=%7bEmail_Address%7d&utm_campaign=Diversity.+Engage.+Love" target="_blank">http://www.popcitymedia.com/in...ge.+Love</a> This could be some interesting developments that we may see at a Disney theme park someday and seems to be perfect for the world of Pandora for Avatar.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Oh great. "The Day of the Triffids" is here. That movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Touching a plant stem or trunk not only creates beautiful music, but the plants may be entertained.<< Oh that's nice. Now all those bored plants all over Disney World will have something to keep them occupied. I'm really just not sure I understand what they're talking about in this article, or why anyone would ever want it
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Me too RoadTrip! I usually say that when I have to cut the backyard. "Time to fight the Triffids"
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I didn't understand that part at all. What are they, and why are they there?
Originally Posted By brotherdave It's a fairly new research and development arm of Disney Imagineering, in conjunction with Carnegie-Mellon University. CMU has worked on other theme park projects outside of Disney, too, from what I'ver read. There's a lot of R&D with robotics and next-gen animatronics, as well as newer types of video projections. Check out some of the projects that they have already in the pipeline: <a href="http://www.disneyresearch.com/research/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.disneyresearch.com/...ndex.htm</a> <a href="http://www.disneyresearch.com/labs/pittsburgh/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.disneyresearch.com/...ndex.htm</a> I just find it very cool that my hometown is a hotbed for development of some possible new theme park attractions for Disney!
Originally Posted By a1stav The technology seems like an extension of the Theremin. An extremely expressive and intuitive, yet difficult to master musical instrument.
