MADE ON EARTH
Report from the world of backyard technology
Photography by Douglas Sonders
Rolling Like Luke
The R2-D2 that Daniel Deutsch built at age 14 pretty much charted his career in movie props and animatronics. It also foretold the day he would cruise the streets in his own full-sized, drivable landspeeder.
Deutsch, 43, moved to Orlando, Fla., in 1987 to work for Disney, and was soon tapped to build the R2-D2 that has appeared for years at Walt Disney World. He’s created dozens of mechanical animated characters since then.
Today he does ...
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