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 |
| 7358717 | Input by-pass circuit for a current probe An input by-pass circuit for a current probe has first and second switches coupled between current probe inputs and current sensing circuit inputs. A switch control is coupled to the switching circuit for selectively coupling and decoupling the current probe inputs ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6849811 | Methods and apparatus for transfer switch A transfer switch for switching between power sources for a load includes a plurality of symmetrical phase plates, a plurality of stationary contact pads associated with each said phase plate, each stationary contact pad associated with a power source, a movable con... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6101420 | Method and apparatus for disambiguating change-to-dirty commands in a switch based multi-processing system with coarse directories An architecture and coherency protocol for use in a large SMP computer system includes a hierarchical switch structure which allows for a number of multi-processor nodes to be coupled to the switch to operate at an optimum performance. Within each multi-p... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5043931 | Wrap test system and method A system and method automatically providing wrap interconnections for wrap diagnostic capability of analog-digital conversion systems obviating the need for wrap cables. A connector system has a first state wherein DAC outputs are automatically internally... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4772806 | Switching device for a series loop circuit The present invention relates to a switching device for use in a series loop circuit, and more particularly to a switching device for uncoupling defective circuit components from the series loop circuit, for conducting quick trouble-shooting procedures to... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4559421 | Electrical connector including a make-before-break switch arrangement A circuit breaker connector (100) for joining the ends of a pair of cables (10, 20) and passing an electrical signal therethrough, including a contact arrangement comprising an input contact (38) and an output contact (44) electrically connected to an int... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4144418 | Voltage responsive switch A voltage sensitive switch is provided characterized by an irreversible change in resistance from a high resistance state greater than one megohm to a low resistance state less than one thousand ohms and comprising a mixture of substantially pure grade co... | 03/13/1979 |
