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Is Disney Up to the Challenge? Disney's acquisition of Marvel leaves the question of whether it's is up to the challenge of making Marvel's more obscure characters a success.   |
Technology Research News
June 15, 2005
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Robot Runs Like Humans Researchers have developed mathematical principals for enabling human-like running in bipedal robots, including the ability to recover balance. They used the principals to develop control software that allows a two-legged robot to run. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Walt Disney: He Built A Better Mouse "Never forget that it all started with a mouse," Walt Disney was fond of saying, and in a sense that was true: The company that today bears his name rose to prominence with Mickey Mouse, a character the onetime commercial artist first sketched on a 1928 train trip from New York to Los Angeles. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Murphy |
Top 10: Irritating `90s Cartoon Characters From mulleted superheroes to sarcastic squawking parrots, the 1990s gave us some of the most irritating cartoon characters ever drawn by human hands. We think these are the ten worst. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney in 2010 Let's take a look at what Disney may look like two years in the future. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Erico Guizzo |
Robots With Their Heads in the Clouds A Google researcher argues that cloud computing could make robots smaller, cheaper, and smarter |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DARPA to Take on Major New Robotics Initiative The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced a major new initiative to create robotic autonomous manipulators that mimic the human hands, an agency program manager said. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Paying Pixar New rides at Disneyland will mean even more dough lining Pixar's pockets. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
More in Store for Disney Disney is in advanced talks with retailer Children's Place to return many of the Disney Store units back to Disney, reversing a 2004 deal by the kid apparel specialist to take over the then-troubled Disney Store concept. |
Home Theater
March 2008
Kris Deering |
Enchanted--Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray) "Enchanted" is everything it is advertised to be. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Disney Worth It? Jiminy Cricket! This company will be hopping high once the economy roars back. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
Rise of the Robots Robots are well on their way from the pages of science fiction to your front door. In fact, advanced humanoid robots could be a part of our everyday life as early as 10 years from now. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Wakes Up The family-entertainment giant is confirming expansion plans for its flagship Magic Kingdom park. |
PC Magazine
June 23, 2008
Carol Mangis |
Disney's New Robot Disney Consumer Products is rolling out a new line of robotic toys in partnership with Pixar Animation Studios. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Sees Green in Going Green The world's leading theme park operator inches toward green streets. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's a Small World, Disney Disney is making waves in China and Japan. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Disney Year Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004. January: Who will ink the next wave of animated Disney classics?... February: In another slap to Disney's managerial performance, Comcast made a hostile buyout bid... etc. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Six Flags, Disneyfied The new leadership at Six Flags is taking its cues from the Magic Kingdom. That's the kind of thinking that will save Six Flags. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Wei & Conley |
Some Chinese Kids' First English Word: Mickey Disney's language schools thrive in the English-hungry mainland |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Paints it Black Reports have Disney closing its animation studio in Florida. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Not-So-Valiant Retreat Disney's latest animated entry isn't really its own handiwork. There's never a good reason for Disney not to try to win over an audience on the merit of its own name first. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar's Folly The emergence of another Toy Story flick leads one to wonder who has the upper hand in Pixar's relationship with Disney. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sorry, Marvel -- Disney's the Superhero Stock Marvel vs. Disney: This analyst says Disney's the one that will live happily ever after. |
IndustryWeek
February 2, 2012
Josh Cable |
Auto-Industry Demand Drives Record Year for Robot Sales But the industry saw gains in other sectors as well. Sales to non-automotive customers grew 27%, led by metalworking industries (up 56%) and semiconductor/electronics/photonics (up 24%), according to the Robotic Industries Association. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Disney World Affordable? Can Disney be done on a shoestring budget? Of course. But Disney doesn't want to market that vacation. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Direct? Now it will have Children's Place's expertise in keeping kids happy at prices that make parents smile too. DisneyDirect.com is more like a double reverse, but, hey, if it works, it works. |
Scientific American
November 2008
Gary Stix |
Robot Cartoons--Cute; Robot Humans--Creepy Researchers take a closer look at creepiness in the almost human |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mickey McLeaving? Disney is apparently cutting ties with McDonald's over obesity ties. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Disney Investors, Disney is the family-friendly blue chip that you know well. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Fox's "Robots" in Gear The animated offering has a great opening weekend. What could it mean for Disney and Pixar? |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Golden Opportunity The entertainment giant has got its groove back, and the world is about to notice. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Discounting Disney If the first strategic shift by Children's Place is to provide a shopping experience that emphasizes marked-down Disney goods, isn't Children's Place going to cheapen the Disney brand? |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Defending Pixar's Life Don't kick Pixar just because you don't see its ticker symbol around. Pixar helped salvage Disney's brand in animation overnight. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Ways for Disney to Rock Marvel The family entertainment giant's $4 billion deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment is nearly complete. |
IndustryWeek
May 12, 2010 |
Bringing Automation to Solar Manufacturing Robots can significantly reduce cost in the photovoltaic manufacturing process. Here's a guide to picking the right one. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Win, Lose, or Draw When two animation powerhouses go to war, it's not whether you win or lose but how you draw. While still partners, Disney and Pixar continue to wage a public war of words that neither party intends to lose. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Farewell, Pixar Pixar investors are now receiving 2.3 shares of freshly minted Disney stock for each Pixar stub they hold. The deal, which was valued at $7.4 billion when it was first announced, was ultimately worth $8.3 billion, as improving fundamentals at both companies propelled the shares higher. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Marvel vs. Disney vs. Time Warner Marvel has Iron Man. Disney has Wall-E. And Time Warner has Batman. All three characters have produced big returns at the box office. So which company will produce the biggest returns for investors? This video discusses this question. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Is Cool Again The family entertainment giant is showing off these days. The long path it took to get to this point is almost immaterial now. The important thing for investors is that it has finally arrived. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2011
Anders Bylund |
This Royal Franchise Is Growing Walt Disney is dubbing a new princess of its own this fall. Welcome to Disney's royal court, Princess Rapunzel! |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
My Very Own Robot Want to rig your own robot? After more than a year of development, White Box Robotics is preparing to ship its 912 series of customizable robots (shown) in the first quarter of 2005. |
Technology Research News
February 23, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Humanoid robots walk naturally There's a reason most movie robots have wheels in place of legs or are powered by an embedded human. Making machines walk on two legs is exceedingly difficult. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
5 Reasons Disney Is Buying Marvel Disney's $4 billion deal to acquire Marvel is turning heads, but it's an inevitable match and a perfect fit. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
From R2D2 to Spirit and Beyond: What's in Store for Intelligent Robots? While we tend to imagine robots in terms of sci-fi adventures and movies, or as legions of automatons replacing human workers in the job force, the truth may be more mundane and less sinister. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
The Future is Now for the Robot Revolution The next wave of robots will be remarkably human in appearance and function. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2012
Guizzo & Ackerman |
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks's new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney: A Goofy Year in Review The family entertainment giant had a lumpy year. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Quality Mattered With or without Pixar, Disney will do everything possible to make Toy Story 3 a winner. Consumers need to see that. Mentored studios need to see that. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Sell Disney A Citi analyst downgrades shares of Disney; but was it warranted? |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Things That Disney Must Do in 2012 The family entertainment giant looks forward to an animated 2012. |
