# @blavity on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2f1Xj5M4E0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10788907-blavity-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-24T21:03:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blavity (@blavity) — https://gondola.cc/blavity

## Caption

Disney Research Fellow and Imagineer Lanny Smoot is the second person from Disney to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, only after Walt Disney himself. 👏🏾⁠
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Smoot is the first Disney Imagineer to receive the prestigious honor and the second person at the Walt Disney Company inducted into the institution. ⁠
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His work has been pivotal in shaping iconic special effects and technical marvels at Disney theme parks globally. ⁠
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His contributions include Madame Leota’s ability to float in the Séance Room at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, the cutting-edge extendable lightsaber featured in Disney Live Entertainment and the Magic Playfloor interactive game experience on Disney’s Cruise Line.⁠
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He's created over 100 patents, with 74 of them invented during his remarkable 25-year stint at the company. Swipe 👉🏾 to check out his latest invention, called the HoloTile. ⁠
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📹: Disney // #BlackInventors #InventorsHallOfFame #HoloTile #BlackExcellence #BlackInTech #Disney

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blackexcellence, holotile, disney, blackinventors, inventorshalloffame, blackintech

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