Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6113065 | Method and arrangement for low-pressure locking of a gas-filled device A locking plate attached to a rotatable steering shaft used to change operational settings of a low-pressure locking device of a gas-filled device includes a peripheral locking nose and peripheral adjustment noses on either side thereof, slide surfaces ex... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5923526 | Arrangement for attaching an electrical component to a mounting base An arrangement for attaching electrical inductive components to a terminal block of a mounting base utilizes interlocking male and female plug-in connections. In instances where the electrical inductive components are measuring transformers, the arrangeme... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5839093 | System for locating faults and estimating fault resistance in distribution networks with tapped loads Both fault location and fault resistance of a fault are calculated by the present method and system. The method and system takes into account the effects of fault resistance and load flow, thereby calculating fault resistance by taking into consideration ... | 11/17/1998 |
