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Lanny Smoot - Disney Electrical Engineer Being Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame


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I was waiting to see if anyone else brought this up after seeing this video a few days ago. Lanny Smoot of Walt Disney Imagineering recently made news that he's being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. As a fellow electrical engineer, I've followed his work for a little while now, and some of the stuff this guy has helped create is nothing short of breathtaking.

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Besides creating some notable achievements in the world of theme parks and animatronics, he seems to be a rather down to earth and fun individual to be around. I have a few friends who work within the department of Imagineering who say he's always a hoot to be around. Some of his notable achievements include creating a fully retractable lightsaber for the parks, advanced animatronic eyes used in many modern day dark rides, interactive projector technology seen used in parks and aquariums around the world, and his latest work, the HoloTile, a sort of omnidirectional floor/treadmill rig.

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I'd encourage if you have a moment, watch this 5 minute video, it highlights some of his notable works:

Disney Imagineer Makes History - YouTube

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