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 |
| 6857493 | Automatic load positioning for a conveyor cart A system for adjusting the position of a load supported on a conveyor cart includes a driven lift mechanism for controlling height and a turntable for controlling rotational orientation. The cart may, alternately or in addition to the above mechanisms, include a gim... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6530735 | Gripper assembly A controlled material transport system (MTS) for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes a rigid robot vehicle mountable to a passive track system,... | 03/11/2003 |
| 5427256 | Crane upper works to lower works alignment system A system and method for aligning the upper works assembly to the lower works assembly of a crane to facilitate redecking of the assemblies. The system and method involves suspending, preferably by pendants, the lower works from the upper works in such a m... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5350076 | Bridge crane electric motor control system An improved bridge crane electric motor control system is disclosed, wherein a computer, a programmable controller, is employed to not only control the application of electrical energy to the motors of a bridge crane but also to count and store the instan... | 09/27/1994 |
| 4599027 | Method and apparatus for moving cargo between a ship and a dock Cargo containers are moved between a dock and a ship by a crane which has a vertically movable landing platform, a waterside trolley for moving cargo between the ship and the landing platform, and a landside trolley for moving cargo between the dock and t... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4455118 | Opposed cylinder cable hoist mechanism Hoist mechanism for a truck vehicle of the type having a pivotally movable load support frame. Opposed piston hydraulic cylinders are carried by the load support frame. Each of the hydraulic cylinders has a piston rod to which is attached a rotatable shea... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4388037 | Hoist accessory for pallet trucks A hoist accessory for pallet trucks including an adjustable lower bracket and base portion which rests upon the roots of the truck forks and clamps to the vertically extending riser portion thereof, a hoist, an upstanding vertical post and horizontally ex... | 06/14/1983 |
