Gaming

Disney’s New Toys Are Controllers For iPad Games

You bought an iPad to read Dickens on the train, but admit that it’s an infinitely useful device for occupying your restless children. Disney’s new toys seize on this potential and control kid-friendly games on the iPad’s screen.


August 27, 2011
Entertainment

Why Does Disney Insist On Shitting All Over My Memories?

Dear Disney, I hear you’re releasing The Lion King in 3D. First you shit out two horrible sequels and now this? Are you trying to ruin my childhood?


August 22, 2011
Gadgets

Meet The Training Scooter Of The (Disney-Approved) Future

Learning how to ride a bike was, sadly, one of the most difficult parts of my childhood. I just couldn’t seem to “get it.” I get this Tron-inspired learning scooter just fine though. Why is it only a concept?


August 11, 2011
Cameras

Disney’s New Way To Do Motion Capture Lets You Record Anywhere

Motion capture is one of those technologies that seems all hi-tech and futurey, until you see a grown man walking around a studio in a onesie with a bunch of ping pong balls stuck to him. Disney’s about to change that.


July 1, 2011
Software

Disney Spotlight: Karaoke On Your iPad 2

It’s lacking the staples of Tiny Dancer, Don’t Stop Believin’ and Hollaback Girl (am I right?), but if you’re into Disney’s catalogue of croon-alongs, Spotlight could be a lot of fun for the tween in your life (or you).


June 26, 2011
Entertainment

If Pixar Made The Rocketeer, It Would Look Like This

The Rocketeer 20th anniversary from John Banana on Vimeo.

In short, awesome. Filmmaker John Banana made this fan film in honour of the original movie’s 20th anniversary and the late, great Dave Stevens. It’s really too cute for words. [The Mary Sue]


May 27, 2011
Entertainment

Disney Tactile Device Lets Games And Movies Literally Send Chills Down Your Spine

Disney researchers apparently don’t feel that your video games are realistic enough. Engineers at the company’s Pittsburgh research facility have devised something they call “Tactile Brush” that creates the sensory illusion of objects moving against a person’s skin, mimicking everything from crawling insects to the forces exerted by a car taking a hard corner. And soon enough, it could be integrated into everything from gaming systems to movie theatre seats.


April 7, 2011
Entertainment

The New High-Tech Ghosts At Disney World’s Haunted Mansion

The imagineers at Disney World recently made the dangerous decision to fiddle with Haunted Mansion, one of the park’s finest attractions, updating the holographic hitchhiking ghosts that appear to join you in your car as you leave the ride for the 21st Century. But wait!, you say. Stop! It’s not broke! Don’t fix it!


March 30, 2011
Entertainment

Disney And Angry Birds Explain 3 Arab League Revolts

Based on two true stories and a bit of forward thinking, Three Big Pigs combines Angry Birds animation with Disney melodies to walk us through the fate of three Arab League leaders.


March 23, 2011
Geek Out

Disney Says The Atom Is Our Friend

You may know Walt Disney as animator, FBI secret informer, J. Edgar Hoover crony, founder of one of the most powerful media companies and late frozen yoghurt. But did you know that he loved atomic power? Watch this.