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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| 7263202 | Watermarking to control video recording Video programs are identified by watermark data subliminally conveyed within the picture data. By reference to such program identification data, video recording devices can automatically identify desired programs, and respond accordingly. For example, if a desired t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 5610652 | Electrophotographic image recording apparatus In the electrophotographic image recording apparatus, the optical path switching mechanism switches the optical path between an image reading mode and an image recording mode. In the image reading mode, the optical path switching mechanism directs light f... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5576742 | Image recording head having corrosion resistant control electrodes An image recording head, for one of a image recording apparatus in which a voltage is applied to fine pattern electrodes to directly record an image on a recording medium and a image recording apparatus in which a voltage is applied to fine pattern electr... | 11/19/1996 |
| 4613519 | Electron-beam-induced information storage in hydrogenated amorphous silicon device A method for recording and storing information in a hydrogenated amorphous silicon device, comprising: depositing hydrogenated amorphous silicon on a substrate to form a charge-collection device; and generating defects in the hydrogenated amorphous silico... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4121288 | Magnetic tape type sensors, method and apparatus using such magnetic tape sensors A magnetic tape using as recording medium selected magnetic or non-magnetic material is used for on-line physical and chemical analysis by exposure to selected external agents, physical or chemical, causing permanent alterations in the material, and chang... | 10/17/1978 |
