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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| 6884986 | Vehicle signal control module and system A switching mechanism for controlling vehicle headlights, turn signals, and emergency flashers includes a housing mounted on a control stock rigidly mounted to the vehicle steering column. The housing includes depressions for each of the functions, and light source ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 4394584 | Switching device for checking the closed position of a folding door In the case of prison cell doors, strong room doors and the doors of safes and strongboxes the problem exists of protecting a switch fitted to the door or its frame and which as a result of the closing movement of the door releases an alarm signal from ma... | 07/19/1983 |
