disney world

Music

How Mickey Mouse And Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion

9:00AM Rosa Golijan | Former Disney audio-experience engineer, Mr. Q, reveals how he assisted in developing a complex algorithm to arrange over 15,000 speakers around the Disney World theme park. All to achieve the ideal ambient music for “manufacturing emotion”. More »
Cameras

Tilt-Shift Photography Turns Disney World Into Epic Toy Set

5:00AM Mark Wilson | Disney World is essentially one big toy model, so in many cases, its miniaturisation through the magic of tilt-shift photography ironically looks more natural than actually being there. As a pile of trinkets, Disney World actually seems pretty normal. [TechEBlog]
Robots

‘Robobama’ Gets Prepped for July 4th Debut at Disney World

3:00AM Adam Frucci | Disney technicians are hard at work on an incredibly-lifelike robotic version of President Obama. Dick Cheney is reportedly working on a virus to cause the robot to fail. More »
Robots

Animatronic Wall-E Entertains Guests At Disneyland, Charges US$5 For a Popsicle

5:50AM Jason Chen | What’s even better than a Wall-E robot toy made by WowWee? A Wall-E robot toy made by the animatronic people at Disney. This Wall-E robot is supposed to roam around Disneyland/Disney World entertaining patrons, but got spotted on the streets of LA panhandling and glad-handing for cash. You know who else can say their name? Timmy from South Park. Wall-E! [Slashfilm] More »
Random Stuff

Mrs. Potato Head BSOD Reeks of Disney Magic

2:40AM Mark Wilson | Call it juvenile, but a good Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) cracks me up every time. And when it’s presented with so much pride by an unsuspecting Mrs. Potato Head…all the better. Snapped at Disney World, one reader couldn’t resist sharing the experience. More »