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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| 5535520 | Corner saw The combination of an extension to the shaft of a sabre saw that moves the blade forward of the gear box housing and a guide plate with plates on the end that will abut a transverse plane and channels that will allow the saw to slide forward on the guide ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5411344 | Safety marking pen for small children A marker pen having a clear plastic disk at one end and a clear plastic hemispheric shaped member at the other end, proximate the nib whereby a small child can write or draw in a normal fashion, see through the plastic the results of his endeavors but is ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5407207 | Board game simulating financial events of a lifetime A game simulating financial events that a person encounters during the person's lifetime, including: a game board having disposed thereon a path of individual financial event indicia on which indicia playing pieces may land while traversing the path, the ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5406895 | Roof truss storage shelf A storage shelf for storing items in the attic utilizing the roof trusses as supports for the shelves has a first and third support member rotatably connected to a second support member. There may be at least one stabilizing member attached to the first, ... | 04/18/1995 |
