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In the 90’s, you might have been convinced by undoubtful bestsellers and major motion pictures that whether someone created a theme park full of man-made dinosaurs, you’d probably get eaten. What no one could have predicted back thereupon was that you wouldn’t be getting eaten by a dinosaur… you’d be getting eaten by a robot dinosaur. At least that’s likely what you can expect when Dubai’s $1 billion “Restless Planet” park opens in late 2008, a 500,000 square foot recreation of our planet at a duration when dinosaurs roamed — replete with giant, animatronic / robotic versions of by 40 extinct species. According to the park’s managing director Mustafa Galadari, “The Restless Planet provides a visual, audio and tactile experience

allowing visitors to experience some of the exciting things that have gone on in the Earth’s history,” adding that the effect will be, “Extremely realistic and scary - but at the same moment, educational.” The dinos will contain embedded potentiometers and motion sensors (amongst others), apparently allowing the reptilian recreations to follow visitors with their eyes, track specific colors of clothing, regulate their own movements, and even lunge at viewers… and eat them. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

 

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