Techstination

Making animatronic dinosaurs ...Dino Don


Listen Later

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  He’s a former journalist with the Boston Globe…whose interest in paleontology led to his being a consultant on Jurassic Park years ago.  And that led Dino Don Lessem…to building animatronic dinosaurs for zoos, museums and more.  And after a recent appearance on Shark Tank… Lessem is aiming to bring his prehistoric recreations…to more people and places..  But does he think there could ever be a real Jurassic Park?

“One of the inquiries we got as a result of the show was to put a dinosaur attraction on Kauai where Jurassic Park was filmed…so that’s about as close as I think we’ll ever get.  You know in the movie.. it is such a conflation of poor ideas.  I asked Crichton at the time ..This doesn’t work.  Why’d you do this?  He said… I needed dinosaurs and I skipped a few steps.”

You can find our full interview on line and more at www.DinoDon.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

TechstinationBy Fred Fishkin

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

5 ratings