Design Squad
Nerf Toys
Clip: Season 1 Episode 2 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Nerf Toys
Hasbro toy engineer Amanda Bligh demonstrates how work can be play when you spend your day designing products like Nerf Hoops and Nerf Blaster.
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Design Squad
Nerf Toys
Clip: Season 1 Episode 2 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Hasbro toy engineer Amanda Bligh demonstrates how work can be play when you spend your day designing products like Nerf Hoops and Nerf Blaster.
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>> I'm Amanda Bligh.
I'm a mechanical engineer.
I have the coolest job in the world.
I make toys.
One of the great things about engineering is you get to work with moving parts, and one of the goals is try to get those moving parts to work better together.
>> Welcome to Showtime Hoops.
>> This is Andy.
He helped do the electronic development, and this Brian.
He made it look good.
I'm the one that made it work.
The designers primarily deal with the exterior of a product.
They decide how it looks.
The engineers work on the inside of the product, how it performs.
We've created a product that has a spotlight.
The spotlight tells you where to stand and shoot from.
A MC's voice tells you when you make a good shot, tells you when you make a swish, and tells you when you miss.
>> Air ball.
>> We put a number of sensors in different areas so that you can tell if you just hit the backboard or if you hit the backboard and you go in.
One of the best things about being a toy engineer is to be at a park and see people enjoying something that I put a lot of work into.
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