Short Hills Company Donates $10K To Fund MMS Animatronics Program

Short Hills, NJ - Dun & Bradstreet’s Short Hills office will offer a $10,000 donation to the Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills to launch a new program at Millburn Middle School.

The check was due to be presented to the Education Foundation during the middle school’s annual Evening of Excellence on Thursday.

According to a school news release, the contribution will be used to launch a school-wide initiative called Animatronics within the Millburn Middle School’s science, technology, art, engineering, and math (STEAM) program.

“Animatronics was originally created by the design engineering groups of Walt Disney, to bring 3D objects alive in their amusement parks,” school officials stated. “This technology was prohibitively expensive thereby limiting its use to the Disney labs. With the advent of free 3D design software, and low cost 3D scanners and printers, creating these objects becomes much more affordable. Utilizing robotics enables students to bring the objects to ‘life’ at a reasonable cost.”

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