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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I don't know. Considering the Nerf factory riots currently underway...
Is there a word for unintentional contextual bad taste?
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Irony?
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William Gibson gave a talk/lecture on the failure of irony in modern science fiction (as the present if far more ironic than fiction can hope to approach without seeming ridiculous.) Check it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9yUVgrmPY
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O.K.
I've been Alanis rolled. Do I have to click on something to keep the process going?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghF6EzSpBlk
Yeah this is just propaganda... but its related.
"This mechanism of projecting balls is patented."
What? :(
I like his designs, but the mechanism is just one of those popping toys that jump off tables... held in place and with a ball on top.
Anyone who's played with a hopper popper knows you can put stuff on top and it'll fire it up in the air. This shouldn't be patentable.