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 |
| 5872791 | Method and apparatus for data encoding and communication over noisy media A novel apparatus and method are provided for data communication over noisy media. The apparatus includes one or both of a transmitter circuit located at a transmitting location and a receiver circuit located at a receiving location. The data is encoded t... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5727004 | Method and apparatus for data encoding and communication over noisy media A novel apparatus and method are provided for data communication over noisy media. The apparatus includes one or both of a transmitter circuit located at a transmitting location and a receiver circuit located at a receiving location. The data is encoded t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 4815106 | Power line communication apparatus A power line communication system specially designed for use in local area network (LAN) configurations has receiver and transmitter sections for fast, highly reliable data communication. The receiver includes controlled adaptive second order filters for ... | 03/21/1989 |
