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Slideshow: Disney's Technology Grows Up

Forget "it's a small world." Theme parks rocket into a Disney future with rides that replace animatronics with interactivity. By Jacob Ogles.
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At the Astro Blasters attraction at Disneyland, guests can fire laser cannons at real targets in a cart that can be turned and controlled with a joystick.Courtesy of Disney

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, at the Turtle Talk exhibit at Disney's California Adventure. This Crush responds to children in real time, taking questions from the audience and doing the backstroke on command.

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