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 |
| D543333 | Electronic part conveyor table | 05/22/2007 |
| 7119299 | Work inspection system A work inspection system 2 includes: a conveyor table 7 vertically positioned, and conveying works W stored in work-storing pockets 9; a work inspection apparatus for inspecting the works stored in the work-storing pockets 9 of the convey... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6948376 | Work transferring and transporting apparatus and work transferring and transporting method A work transferring and transporting apparatus has a plurality of transportation tables. A plurality of work holders for holding works are formed on the respective peripheral edge portions of the transportation tables. Each work is transferred between each pair of a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6727685 | Work transfer apparatus A work transfer apparatus includes a turn table with a plurality of work-storing pockets for storing works at the outer periphery of the turn table and a base slidably supporting the works stored in the work-storing pockets of the turn table. A probing detector is p... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6497319 | Work transfer apparatus A work transfer apparatus is equipped with a work feeder 23, a rotatable turn table 11 formed several work-storing pockets 11a at its outer periphery and a separation mechanism 24 provided between the work feeder 23 and the turn table 11. The separation m... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6360866 | Conveying apparatus for electric parts A conveying apparatus for electric parts has a tape and a driving mechanism. The tape has holding holes for holding board-shaped electric parts therein at regular intervals and feeding holes for feeding the tape at regular intervals. The driving mechanism... | 03/26/2002 |
