Opening of IBM SmarterPlanet exhibit in Epcot's Innoventions at Walt Disney World

The IBM SmarterPlanet exhibit in Epcot's Innoventions held its grand opening on Jan. 29, 2010 with a ribbon cutting featuring Mickey Mouse.

SmarterPlanet offers visitors a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how technology is helping solve the worlds most complex problems. Hands-on interactive kiosks offer guests a match game that reveals societal and technological implications of creating a smarter planet.

The exhibit also features Runtime, created by Walt Disney Imagineering, which transforms guests into personalized avatars as part of the video game experience. Players run, jump and dance through a timeline of IBM's achievements in the history of computing, journeying from the Babbage computer, through vacuum tubes and chips and bits, to the Internet. Guests can also e-mail their personalized version of the game to any computer, extending the Runtime experience to their home.

The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center.

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[MuSiCsoccaCJ8]

HAHA the guy couldn't cut the tape. that must've been so embarassing.

[ElphabaPhan]

haha Dan Cockerall fail at 0:43

[luisempires]

on they dont have the smarts lol

[BusterWebkinz]

Epic fail at 0:43... Guy: Why isn't it clipping??? Dude get the little scissors!

[BusterWebkinz]

O_O for your information Sum Of All Thrills by Ratheon is in there. You create your own roller coaster and get into a robotib arm to ride it! Maybe your too dull to notice even that Garbage Truck game is fun too! So you need to shush about innoventions! Maybe you went back then in the old days but to the ppl of TODAY, Heck, we <3 Innoventions!

[BusterWebkinz]

What on earth? I was there the whole weekend of 28th 29th and the whole week after that! I didnt see that!!! But I loved Sum of All Thrills XD

[pochakila]

Funny the guy could not get the scissors to cut the tape. From the makers of scotch brand tape.jk.lol. scotch tape some good stuff.

[phineassprouse]

So cool! It was about time Epcot had a new exibition. The game looks very good. At least it's better than playing with a Mii.

[WillyM79]

I want to try the video game, that looks like a lot of fun

[ericamanda01]

Happy they are up dating Epcot. Can't wait to see it all on my next trip!