Hello!!! So, Disney was a part of everyone’s childhood, either you watched Disney movies, listened to Radio Disney, watched The Disney Channel and for the lucky kids, visited Disney World or Disney Land . This blog is a way for me to keep intact with my inner child while finding the science and engineering behind the different aspects of Disney.
As I am signing out from my first blog I would like to give a little bit more background as to why I chose my topic for blogging. I have always been an avid fan of Disney and all that they do.
This slight obsession might have not come out in my blog completely as I tried to keep up with the technology based side of Disney as a requirement for my Communicating Science class.
I also chose this topic as my dream job would be to be an Imagineer for Disney but unfortunately I have not been lucky thus far to even get a response from my tries to become apart of the Mouse Family but I have not given up hope! I hope you enjoyed reading about some of the new technology that Disney has to offer and how they are ever-changing.
With the new generations of kids wanting more thrills and "cooler" technology it is my guess that Disney will keep up with all of this to keep everyone happy.
So, I realy would like to thank all of my readers and hope this blog interested you to keep up with all of the awesome stuff Disney does in the future.
After the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that first started on March 11th, 2011 the Japanese have something to look forward to...the re-opening of Disneyland. Now, yes it is a small step in a huge need for a lot of work in the country but it shows that in some ways things are getting back to normal.
47 days after the quake on April 28th, 2011 the resort was able to reopen. The park was even able to have a grand opening of a few attractions, the Easter Wonderland Parade and the Nightfall Glow Parade. The Disneyland however did have its minor setbacks and not being able to open all the of rides including Thunder Mountain Railroad that still needs work on some of the damage.
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After
Some other important factors that the park needs to take into account is the problem of rolling blackouts and also needing to conserve power. This change has been done by the park and hotels having reduced lighting, limited air conditioning, restricted escalators and turning off electric hand dryers. The resort plans will also offset the consumption by installing three generators.
Disneyland did lose $245 million and only drew 17,000 visitors on the first day back in operation, but it should be expected to have a slow start after this horrible disaster.
Just imagine if the energy from this ball in this guys face could harvest energy...well the other day I stumbled upon this article and I found out you can and from my love of soccer I thought I should share it with my fellow readers. Below is a video about the soccket ball which was developed by three female Harvard students. This ball can store up enough energy in 15 min to power a LED light bulb for up to three hours.
In the US this ball would most likely just be a luxury item but in other developing countries it could be of some major help. Even in the video below the kids are talking about the ball powering their ipod or to charge their cell phone. I feel like this sort of advertising would only work in the US. But on a second thought what if kids were given the ball and had to power their video games with it, but make it so they can only power their video game for as long as the kid has played with the soccer ball outside.
Now, I know what you are thinking how could a soccer ball power a light bulb or anything really. Well, how it is done is by using a coil, magnet and a capacitor. As the children play with the ball, the energy on the ball will be transferred and the coil will slide across the magnet. This energy is then stored in the capacitor much like charging a battery. When enough energy is stored there is a socket and the ball can be used much like an outlet on a wall here in the US.
This idea is new and probably not going to be very economical for the countries that need it but the inventors of this product has thought about that. They have decided to set up a buy one give one program much like the TOMS shoes. This will work when say someone here in the US will buy one of them another one will be given to someone in need.
