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Air Hockey: Fun Floating on Air

by michaelchnya on Aug 13, 2010

Air Hockey is regarded as an exciting and trendy game which can be played with friends and family. Initially the game was concocted to build a surface which does not produce friction. The inventors of air hockey were a group of three engineers in Brunswick- Crossman, Kendrick and Baldwin who created this frictionless surface where it was easy to stop a rolling ball. This idea was worked upon for several years by them till they created a table which had low air flowing vents which produced obscure frictionless plane. Despite football being a favoured game for many air hockey got an overwhelming response from people. People were fascinated with the concept of loss of momentum and halting a rolling ball on a surface.

This instant classic was then patented in 1975 when another member was added to the trio team of engineers- Bob Lemieux. It was Bob who primarily introduced puck and mallets used in actual hockey to work wonders in this version of the game. And this...Read More >>



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