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 |
| 4615267 | Portable data recorder A portable, handheld data recorder for pressure-transfer printing embossed information onto a form set from a credit card or the like includes a push/pull platen assembly contained in a closed housing but manually operable from the exterior of the device.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4425847 | Traveling pressure pad assembly for mechanical printer apparatus Apparatus for printing indicia upon a stationary paper surface and including a rotating pressure ring with the ring being held in a skate assembly having its surface normally forcing the paper to be printed against an ink retaining ribbon, or other charac... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4003307 | Printer A time card printer comprising a plurality of type wheels rotatably mounted on a common supporting shaft and a plurality of printing rolls radially aligned with respective type wheels, the printing rolls being mounted on a common drive shaft which rotates... | 01/18/1977 |
