As a young pup watching Jurassic Park, I was in terrified of the T-Rex, fearful of the Raptors, in awe of the Brachiosaurus and annoyed of that little spraying dinosaur. But probably above all, I felt for the Triceratops. It was hurt! It was dying! It was so incredibly detailed. Stan Winston School revealed how they built the Triceratops, how they painted it, how they shipped it and how the puppeteers controlled it in this video. Part two of the Triceratops video can be found here. [Stan Winston School] Read More >>

Jurassic Park was awesome. Jurassic Park in 3D is awesome layered on awesome. And the tech behind the scenes? You can probably see where this is going. Read More >>

I've written about Visionary Effects awesome — and freaky — animatronics work before. The second version of its robotic eye with dilating pupil is even more impressive and way freakier. Just amazing. I wish I had a pair of these on my living room walls. [Thanks Visionary Effects!] Read More >>

This is half fascinating, half scary, and 100 per cent freaky: Disney has invented a process to clone real humans into silicone-skinned robots. Their method analyses the face of a target using 3D motion capture cameras. Then it calculates the precise shape, density and composition of a synthetic skin that accurately mimics that specific human's expressions: Read More >>

This has got to be one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. 80 teddy bears have been wired up and nailed to a wall, where they literally tell you what the Internet is feeling, reading out snippets of emotional text to emotive music. Read More >>

1992 was a simpler time. The Premier league was launched, The Bodyguard came out, Windows 3.1 was released. It was also a time when puppetry and animatronics still had a place in fantasy films. Read More >>