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Can you tell us about your role as an Art Therapist? How do you work and interact with children at CHLA?
30 Apr 2026
In an exclusive interview with Disney, Art Therapist Nicole Albers shares about the power of art in the wish discovery phase.
Wish Granting - Disney Impact
29 Apr 2026
We bring comfort, optimism, and joy to our communities and inspire hope, especially for children.
Signature Wish Experiences at a Glance
29 Apr 2026
As the world’s largest WishMaker, Disney grants a wish every hour of every day, and this special week will spotlight nearly 200 signature wish experiences.
Lilo’s Wish: From the Hospital to The Happiest Place on Earth - Disney Impact
29 Apr 2026
5-year-old Make-A-Wish kid Lilo experienced Disney magic in the hospital before having her wish granted at Disneyland Resort!
'Songs in Sign Language' Director Hyrum Osmond Shares a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Disney Animation's Powerful New Project | The Walt Disney Company
28 Apr 2026
Disney Animation reimagines musical numbers from three films in American Sign Language in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre.
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28 Apr 2026
Learn about Disney’s legacy of wish granting, which spans over 45 years. A Disney wish is granted every hour of every day, and over 175,000 Disney wishes have been granted.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
