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 |
| 5752870 | Line-drawing toy The invention disclosed is directed to a line-drawing toy including a base, a wheel rotatably joined to the base that rotates under friction with a contact surface, a leading support joined to the base and spaced apart from the wheel, a pen part operative... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5709033 | Drawing device An improved design drawing device for drawing amorphous patterns is disclosed. The drawing device contains at least one flexible guide bendable into any desired shape and having an outer circumference wall and an inner circumference wall, at least one sol... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5530207 | Apparatus for making drawings on a sheet-like drawing carrier, for example a sheet of transparent paper, by means of a device for producing points, lines or the like, such as a pen or pencil or a pair of compasses An apparatus for making drawings on a drawing carrier, for example a sheet of transparent paper, via a device for producing points or lines such as a pen or pencil, including a drawings surface which temporarily accommodates the drawings carrier and which... | 06/25/1996 |
