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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| 6886223 | Connecting device for cords The invention provides a cord tying-up connecting device including a first component (1) having a groove. One end of first component (1) includes an insertion end for insertion of a heald into the groove, while the other end includes a cam for connecti... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6198641 | Plant for transmitting electric power including bidirectionally controlled thyristors (BCT) In a plant for transmitting electric power between two stations (17, 18) through a direct voltage network (16) for High Voltage Direct Current an arrangement (23) is arranged for draining electric power from the direct voltage network. The arrangement has... | 03/06/2001 |
