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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| 7332197 | Methods of fabricating microneedle arrays using sacrificial molds, and microneedle arrays fabricated thereby Microneedle arrays are fabricated by providing a sacrificial mold including a substrate and an array of posts, preferably solid posts, projecting therefrom. A first material is coated on the sacrificial mold including on the substrate and on the array of posts. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6596147 | Methods of overplating surfaces of microelectromechanical structure MEMS structures are provided that compensate for ambient temperature changes, process variations, and the like, and can be employed in many applications. These structures include an active microactuator adapted for thermal actuation to move in response to... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6590313 | MEMS microactuators located in interior regions of frames having openings therein and methods of operating same A MEMs microactuator can be positioned in an interior region of a frame having at least one opening therein, wherein the frame expands in response to a change in temperature of the frame. A load outside the frame can be coupled to the microactuator throug... | 07/08/2003 |
