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 |
| 6478534 | Turbine casing A turbine casing has an inner casing and an outer casing which surrounds the inner casing to form an intermediate space. In order to avoid a casing distortion, a forced flow of a medium located within the intermediate space is provided. A method is also d... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6069975 | Method and device for processing a signal A signal is processed for recognize an irregularity in the signal. First, an orthogonal imaginary signal corresponding to the signal to be processed is formed. This is followed by a transformation step, which is then followed by a differentiation step. Th... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6057250 | Low temperature reflow dielectric-fluorinated BPSG An apparatus and method are provided for forming a fluorine doped borophosphosilicate (F-BPSG) glass on a semiconductor device using a low pressure chemical vapor deposition process. The F-BPSG glass exhibits a substantially void-free and particle-free la... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5657225 | Method for assuring a safety interval of a self-propelled mobile unit The method provides a better incorporation of a defined safety interval from obstacles in the route planning of a self-propelled mobile unit. By contrast to methods that were hitherto standard, a shell with equidistant spacing from a housing of the self-p... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5647667 | Proof test for ceramic parts For testing structural ceramic parts under overload conditions, a previously calculated temperature distribution is generated on the part by thermal radiation, this temperature distribution inducing the desired test stress or overload. The temperature dis... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5079837 | Repair lining and method for repairing a heat exchanger tube with the repair lining A repair lining for a heat exchanger tube includes a sleeve having ends. A tubular basic body is disposed in the sleeve and has ends protruding beyond the ends of the sleeve. One of the ends of the basic body has a top part being supported on the sleeve a... | 01/14/1992 |
