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Nerf Atom Blaster from concept to production
blog.makezine.com - 12/1/2008
Nerf Atom Blaster from concept to production
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Barry Kudrowitz, a Ph. D. has a great page on his website that chronicles the design process that lead him to create the Nerf Atom Blaster. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Digg this!

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Boing Boing Gadgets:  A NERF gun's evolution

wonderbarry.com - 11/28/2008
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— wonderbarry.com — The Atom Blaster is Nerf Toy developed from my Master's research performed for Hasbro in 2005. The Atom Blaster is currently available on the market. This mechanism of projecting balls is patented. The Atom Blaster started as a concept called the ... (more) Nerf
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Spyfire R/C Blaster
techeblog.com - 12/4/2008
Spyfire R/C Blaster
— techeblog.com — The SpyFire R/C Blaster from ThinkGeek is not only "a powerful, battery powered, 4 shot blaster capable of blasting up to 25 feet away - but the handle can separate from the rest of the blaster." Video after the break. Click here for one more ... (more) Spyfire R/C Blaster
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A NERF gun's evolution
Boing Boing Gadgets — Over at his personal blog, toy designer Barry Kudrowitz, a PhD candidate of the MIT Toy Lab, breaks down his design process for the Nerf Atom Blaster from the original concept — a palm-sized foam ball projectile called the Hand Popper — to production. I actually think the Hand Popper is a good deal neaterthan the finished product. The Atom Blaster [Wonder Barry via MAKE]

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How a Nerf Gun is Made [Nerf] — Gizmodo
Concept sketches. 3D mockups. Prototyping. High speed ballistics photography. If it sounds like weapon development, that's because it is weapon development...just on a Nerf scale. During his masters research at Hasbro, designer Barry Kudrowitz developed his concept for a one-handed, one-shot ...