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Projection people aren't an entirely new phenomenon, but this Mask-bot — a new yammering robo-visage from German and Japanese researchers — was built to give robots emotive faces and to replace conference calls with talking heads. More »
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Today Disneyworld unveils the newly revamped Star Tours ride, and we've got a behind the scenes look at the brand new tour which includes over 52 different possible simulations! More »
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By now you've all seen the infamous video of little Sariah Gallego publicly pledging her allegiance to Darth Vader in Disneyland. Turns out she's totally legit. Check out this video update on the Sith Girl who won our hearts. More »
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When Walt Disney was building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride in the 1960s, he rejected a proposed portrait of the almost unkillable Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. How come? He was afraid of lawsuits from Rasputin's relations. More »
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Star Wars Celebration V is underway and already news is pouring out. Disney has released the brand new Star Tours video, that wants you to visit the beautiful death-trap Alderaan. Check out what the upgraded Disney ride holds for you. More »
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A modder has painstakingly recreated Disneyland's Indiana Jones: Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride using Valve's undead shooter videogame Left 4 Dead. It's extremely cool, but sadly there are no zombies to be bullwhipped. More »
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Looks like Tokyo's Disneyland is getting some new additions, like one awesome Monsters, Inc. plant from the adorable CG Disney movie. This has the potential of being seriously awesome. Will there be a door docking station? What about a team of disinfectant-toting, hazmat-suited monsters in case any monster gets too close? And most important, will you get to ride the doors across the factory? The actual attraction will be called Monsters, Inc: Hide and Seek, and will open on April 15, 2009. [Disney and More] More »
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U.S. President Bush has authorized construction companies to use $45 million in federal money to construct a maglev train between two amusement parks: Disneyland and Las Vegas. It will be the first levitating train in the U.S., zooming along at up to 300 mph, though the Bush Administration's choice of route is somewhat odd. A trainline on that exact route was canceled in 1997 due to lack of interest from riders. Maybe the levitation thing will get people interested again — they can fling themselves around in mad teacups at Disneyland in the morning, levitate to Vegas in the afternoon, and gamble their life savings away in the evening. I love the future. [AP via Slashdot] More »
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In a few years, you could take your kids to Disneyland and pick up a hooker in Vegas — all in the same afternoon. The future of entertainment could change drastically if the American Magline Group succeeds in building its maglev express train from Disneyland to Las Vegas, with a top speed of 300 miles per hour. Seen in this newly released model image, the Disneyland-Vegas maglev is moving forward despite criticisms that it would be a "gambler's express." And it could receive some federal money, once maglev opponent George Bush is out of office. Photo by AP/Damian Dovarganes. More »
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Disneyland promises visitors through its gates four separate worlds that are supposed to thrill and delight you: Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and Tomorrowland. While the other lands deliver on that promise, Tomorrowland seems like it got stuck in Yesterdayland. Once a portal to the future, the amusement park has now been surpassed in coolness by several new museums. What went wrong? More »
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Jeff Gillette, "Disneyland Destroyed," acrylic on canvas More »
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Thursday night, Fox threw a redcarpet hootenanny at the Arc Light in L.A. for its first direct-to-DVD feature release of Futurama. "Bender's Big Score," which comes out November 27, marks the sporadically amusing franchise's return to grandeur. The occasion was celebrated, of course, by making voice-over artists pose for paparazzi shots and trotting out a guy in a Bender suit. Klaatu barada nikto! Gallery and spoilers after the jump. More »
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South Korea is spending more than $1.6 billion (!) to build not one but two robot theme parks set to open in the year 2013. They'll only be 250 miles apart from each other, so if you're in Korea you won't have far to go to visit one of these robotopias. That's some serious cash spending for robots going on, and if you thought things couldn't get much stranger, Korea is also developing a robot "Code of Ethics" to stop android abuse. More »
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