Barry Kudrowitz

Barry Kudrowitz is an Assistant Professor of Product Design and was the creator of the the Nerf Atom Blaster from the Ball Blasters series. It was developed through his master's degree research at MIT for Hasbro.

He developed other products, including a ketchup-dispensing robot. He appeared on the television show Mythbusters along with a team of designers from MIT to help recreate Archimedes' Death Ray.

In 2011, inspired by his work on the Atom Blaster, Kudrowitz began teaching a course at MIT titled "Toy Product Design". The course is designed to assist young inventors who are considering pursuing the inventing field of toys.