What non-lethal weapon was named by its inventor Jack Cover after the teen science fiction character Tom Swift?
Tom Swift Tom condescendingly." Tom Swift's fictional inventions have apparently inspired several actual inventions, among them Lee Felsenstein's "Tom Swift Terminal", which "drove the creation of an early personal computer known as the Sol", and the taser. The name "taser" was originally "TSER", for "Tom Swift Electric Rifle". The invention was named for the central device in the story "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle" (1911); according to inventor Jack Cover, "an 'A' was added because we got tired of answering the phone 'TSER.'" A number of scientists, inventors, and science fiction writers have also credited Tom Swift with inspiring them, including
Tom Swift Jr. construction, character and ideas." Nonetheless, the series sold a respectable 6 million copies in its 17-year run, spawned at least four subsequent "Tom Swift" series, and is remembered fondly by generations of children. Tom Swift Jr. Tom Swift Jr. is the central character in a series of 33 science fiction adventure novels for male adolescents, following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift ("Senior") novels. The series was titled "The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures". Unlike the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys titles that were also products of the prolific Stratemeyer Syndicate, the original Tom Swift stories were not