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 |
| 6832387 | Systems, methods, and software for using markers on channel signals to operate electronic program guides and recording devices Convergence systems, or PC-TV systems, provide the combined benefits of a computer system and a television. These systems typically include audio/video recorders, such as VCRs, for recording programs, as well as an electronic program guide (EPG) for presenting progr... | 12/14/2004 |
| 5868996 | Device for manufacturing curved helical springs The objects are a reliable and economical method of and device for manufacturing helical springs that are curved when unstressed from sections of wire or rod heated to coiling temperature. The spring is coiled straight and then curved it to its final shap... | 02/09/1999 |
| 4426871 | Apparatus for producing helical wire coils Apparatus for producing a helical wire coil which can be subdivided into discrete spiral binders for use in steno pads or other types of stationery products has a driven mandrel with a cylindrical intermediate section flanked by two frustoconical sections... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4379397 | Apparatus having shaping jaws for manufacturing bodies of spindle-type shapes Apparatus for making a spindle-type body with at least one eccentric zone from a semi-product of circular cross-section by gradually radially displacing the eccentric zone of the semi-product to bring its eccentricity from zero to the desired value. The a... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4003234 | Bending apparatus for perforating strips Apparatus for bending a thin flexible and narrow strip having a flat longitudinally extending base portion and a central longitudinally extending rib, comprising a cylinder mounted on a supporting base and having a helical recess extending from the bottom... | 01/18/1977 |
