The Wall Street Journal | Inside Disney’s ‘Area 51,’ Where Lightsabers and Other Tech Are Invented | WSJ @wsj | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Disney’s most prolific inventor, Lanny Smoot, is behind some of the company’s most advanced tech, from “Star Wars” lightsabers to “magic” floors. Disney’s long-secretive R&D lab helps build creations that are crucial to Disney’s $60 billion investment in the division that includes its theme parks.

Smoot gives WSJ a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process and the technology that could make the next must-see attraction for Disney parks.

Chapters:
0:00 Disney’s R&D lab
1:10 How ideas are born
2:36 Making it out of the lab
5:03 Testing creations
7:09 National Inventors Hall of Fame

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