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 |
| 5786294 | Crystalline mesoporous zirconia catalysts having stable tetragonal pore wall structure Methods for the preparation of new sulfated mesoporous zirconia materials/catalysts with crystalline pore walls of predominantly tetragonal crystal structure, characterized by nitrogen physisorption measurement, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron mi... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5599732 | Method for growing III-V semiconductor films using a coated reaction chamber In the method of the subject invention, a coating of AlN or a coating of SiC is grown in situ in the MOCVD or MOMBE reaction chamber to cover all surfaces therein. There is thus formed a stable layer on these surfaces that prevents oxygen and other impuri... | 02/04/1997 |
