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 |
| 7390238 | Beehive base device A device positioned beneath a beehive for use in controlling parasites in beehives including a base structure and a number of bars extending across the base structure. The bars are held spaced from one another by crosspieces engaged with the bars and the base struct... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7309274 | In-hive trap and attractant composition for the control of the small hive beetle, A Small Hive Beetle trap, which replaces the bottom board of beehives, includes a frame having three walls and a top surface, a trap plate, an entry device, and a trapping means. The trapping device provides a dark environment attractive to small hive beetles and co... | 12/18/2007 |
| 5993288 | Universal beehive support and beehive construction A beehive support structure has a lowermost section forming a nest floor which is supported so that it can be slid out. Above the lowermost section, the structure is adapted to support one or more honey floors. The frame-support structure can be adjusted ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 4409697 | Beehive rack A rack for a beehive for handling a brood chamber and a honey chamber. The rack includes a frame carrying the brood chamber below a queen excluder and the honey chamber above the queen excluder. The queen excluder is mounted on the frame to support the ho... | 10/18/1983 |