...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 |
| 6694916 | Timed food-filled toy dispenser A dispensing system (200) for chewable pet toys (100) contains multiple toys and dispenses them at intervals determined by one or more modes of operation. A display (220) and keypad (400) are used to enter programming data into the memory of a microproces... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6588929 | Portable mixing and dispensing apparatus and method A portable mixing and dispensing apparatus, especially useful for spraying, including a fluid conducting, mixing and supporting framework for the hydraulic unit in the apparatus. The framework includes spaced end plates and a conduit assembly. Each end pl... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5329877 | Watering valve for small animals having variable flow rates The watering valve (10) according to the invention is designed for feeding of water to the chickens according to their need for water in such a way that a flow restriction section (27) which is formed between an upper pin (16) and a part of the housing (1... | 07/19/1994 |
| 4047620 | Pill and capsule counter A counter for discrete objects such as pills and capsules having a tray with pill and capsule receiving sides in back to back relationship, each side having a movable slider for selecting the number of recesses in said side to be filled, said tray being p... | 09/13/1977 |