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 |
| 5299610 | Process and device for the continuous chipping of long timbers A process and a device for the continuous chipping of timbers of different length. To increase the chipping performance, in the execution of the sawing cut or directly thereafter, at least one supporting element for supporting the leading end face of a lo... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4441536 | Machine for hewing square timbers A machine for hewing squared timbers from round trunks, with the aid of rotary cutters, before which there is a set of guiding rollers for the trunk to be hewn. The machine comprises two cutter pairs disposed immediately after each other and the axes of w... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4222531 | Wood pulper with constant wood feed The invention concerns a wood pulper of the kind in which wood is fed via a hopper having advancing elements arranged on two opposite sides by which wood is advanced to a grinding stone. The invention is characterized in that said advancing elements compr... | 09/16/1980 |
