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 |
| 7336721 | Digital frequency modulator A digital frequency modulator is disclosed. In the digital frequency modulator, a first gain controller multiplies an input digital signal by a first gain determined according to a required modulation frequency, a phase accumulator accumulates the input digital sign... | 02/26/2008 |
| 5057796 | Digital frequency modulation system in which high and low frequency portions are processed separately In a frequency modulation system, a modulating signal is split into its low-frequency and high-frequency components. The low frequency component is used to modulate a carrier signal by conventional means in a first circuit and the low- and high-frequency ... | 10/15/1991 |
