Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: Nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and blaster assemblies featuring interchangeable nozzles having externally powered electrical components or accessories. A nozzle assembly may include a body. The body may have a projectile opening defined therethrough. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical component that is attachable to the body. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical connection member coupled to the body and the electrical component. The electrical connection member may be configured to electrically connect the electrical component to the blaster.

Abstract: Nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and blaster assemblies featuring interchangeable nozzles having externally powered electrical components or accessories. A nozzle assembly may include a body. The body may have a projectile opening defined therethrough. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical component that is attachable to the body. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical connection member coupled to the body and the electrical component. The electrical connection member may be configured to electrically connect the electrical component to the blaster.

Abstract: An ammunition bucket may be provided for preparation of ammunition for toy blasters having greater ease of use with less mess. The bucket may be collapsible having sides that collapse in an accordion style, and the bucket may include a carrying handle. The lid may be sealed and resistant to splashing and leakage. A lower recessed port area may be provided at the lowest portion of the bucket body. This port may be a three-way drain and strain port. The lower recessed port area may include a dispensing valve with a primary control notch and a flap that provides rate control for the valve. The dispensing valve also may include a secondary control notch that limits an opening of the dispensing valve to prevent ammunition from leaving the bucket.

Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: Nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and blaster assemblies featuring interchangeable nozzles having externally powered electrical components or accessories. A nozzle assembly may include a body. The body may have a projectile opening defined therethrough. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical component that is attachable to the body. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical connection member coupled to the body and the electrical component. The electrical connection member may be configured to electrically connect the electrical component to the blaster.

Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: An ammunition bucket may be provided for preparation of ammunition for toy blasters having greater ease of use with less mess. The bucket may be collapsible having sides that collapse in an accordion style, and the bucket may include a carrying handle. The lid may be sealed and resistant to splashing and leakage. A lower recessed port area may be provided at the lowest portion of the bucket body. This port may be a three-way drain and strain port. The lower recessed port area may include a dispensing valve with a primary control notch and a flap that provides rate control for the valve. The dispensing valve also may include a secondary control notch that limits an opening of the dispensing valve to prevent ammunition from leaving the bucket.

Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: An illuminated feedneck may be utilized in a toy blaster, laser tag gun, airsoft or other toy gun, and the like to illuminate ammunition, such as Gellets, for use in non-daylight hours or indoors. A feedneck may be illuminated through ultraviolet light that may be powered through batteries and/or one or more other forms of power. The illuminated feedneck may charge ammunition through a series of specialty UVA (˜400 nM) wavelength light emitting diodes (LEDs) that safely become illuminated with a long-lasting and bright green glow. The ammunition may be infused to create a glow-in-the dark tracer effect as they are powered and pass through the illuminated feedneck.

Abstract: Nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and blaster assemblies featuring interchangeable nozzles having externally powered electrical components or accessories. A nozzle assembly may include a body. The body may have a projectile opening defined therethrough. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical component that is attachable to the body. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical connection member coupled to the body and the electrical component. The electrical connection member may be configured to electrically connect the electrical component to the blaster.

Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: An illuminated feedneck may be utilized in a toy blaster, laser tag gun, airsoft or other toy gun, and the like to illuminate ammunition, such as Gellets, for use in non-daylight hours or indoors. A feedneck may be illuminated through ultraviolet light that may be powered through batteries and/or one or more other forms of power. The illuminated feedneck may charge ammunition through a series of specialty UVA (˜400 nM) wavelength light emitting diodes (LEDs) that safely become illuminated with a long-lasting and bright green glow. The ammunition may be infused to create a glow-in-the dark tracer effect as they are powered and pass through the illuminated feedneck.

Abstract: An ammunition bucket may be provided for preparation of ammunition for toy blasters having greater ease of use with less mess. The bucket may be collapsible having sides that collapse in an accordion style, and the bucket may include a carrying handle. The lid may be sealed and resistant to splashing and leakage. A lower recessed port area may be provided at the lowest portion of the bucket body. This port may be a three-way drain and strain port. The lower recessed port area may include a dispensing valve with a primary control notch and a flap that provides rate control for the valve. The dispensing valve also may include a secondary control notch that limits an opening of the dispensing valve to prevent ammunition from leaving the bucket.

Abstract: The present concepts relate to devices that can employ deployable controllers. In one example the device can include a base assembly configured to ground the device to a non-hand body part of a user. The example can also include an engagement assembly configured to receive tactile input from a hand of the user or to deliver tactile output to the hand of the user. The device can further include a deployment assembly extending from the base assembly to the engagement assembly and configured to deploy the engagement assembly from a storage orientation proximate to the base assembly to a deployed orientation proximate to the hand of the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for migrating an operating system from a source computer to a destination computer. Some embodiments include identifying a destination adapter of the destination computer that is coupled for data communications to a SAN that is also coupled for data communications to a source adapter of the source computer, logging off a virtual port name of the source adapter from the login manager, deregistering the virtual port name from the source adapter, registering the virtual port name with the destination adapter, and logging on the destination adapter to the login manager with the virtual port name. Typical embodiments also include transferring the operating system from the source computer to the destination computer.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for implementing a generic kernel extension framework that operate generally to allow one kernel extension to register a function callable by other kernel extensions. A kernel extension can be loaded even if a function it potentially could need is not available. If in fact the running kernel extension does eventually request a function that no other kernel extension has registered to provide, it is failed gracefully with a return error code. The client kernel extension can still function normally, assuming the desired service is non-critical. Example services in the non-critical category may include, for example, advanced error handling functions, statistical functions, reporting functions, and so on, including many others as will occur to those of skill in the art.