...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 |
| 5677757 | Projection exposure apparatus A projection exposure apparatus having an illuminating system for irradiating a mask, which has a pattern, with illuminating light for exposure, and a projection optical system for projecting an image of the mask pattern onto a photosensitive substrate wi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5621500 | Method and apparatus for projection exposure A projection exposure method wherein a mask (R) is illuminated with illuminating light (ILB) for exposure, and an image of the mask pattern is projected onto a photosensitive substrate (W) through a projection optical system (PL). A phase plate is dispose... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5610684 | Projection exposure apparatus A projection exposure apparatus having an illuminating optical system for irradiating a mask having a pattern with illuminating light for exposure, and a projection optical system which is composed of a plurality of optical elements and arranged to take i... | 03/11/1997 |