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 |
| 6359240 | Container capacity control system Container capacity control system, which is comprised of a first horizontal linear guide (3) where there is a clamp head (13), which can move horizontally and rotate on the horizontal plane and which holds a first clamp (1) and a second clamp (2) for the ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6264023 | Bottle extractor for hollow glass moulding machines Bottle extractor for hollow glass moulding machines, of the type that have bottle handling fingers comprising, a head joined to a fixed position spin axis and which includes at least one fluidic action cylinder, whose rod is joined to the fingers, the hea... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6059519 | Container palletiser Container palletiser, of the type that have an arm equipped with n degrees of freedom, which sustains a head equipped with m degrees of freedom respect to the arm, and an accumulation table for the containers to be palletised, the head being a drawing hea... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5812392 | Programmable sequencer for electric valves used in a hollow glass manufacturing installation Improved programmable sequencer for electric valves used in a hollow glass manufacturing installation, consisting of a processor and a power source connected respectively by optic fiber and conventional cables with a distributor provided in the vicinity o... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5575828 | Bottle extractor for hollow glass molding machines Improved bottle extractor for hollow glass molding machines of the type consisting of a mechanical arm for transfer of the hollow glass, with a stepping motor whose output shaft connects directly with the drive shaft of the mechanical arm, the motor being... | 11/19/1996 |
