Innovative Q Bert arcade review from Gottlieb
Robin Livin Giene details Gottlieb's Q Bert with 3 D cubes in a 28 block pyramid. Hazards Coily Ugg Wrongway disks and green lumps affect play as players chase high scores. Parker Brothers home版 released. Local high scores listed include Ace Vaselenak and others.
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Giene Arcade
Gottloib
Coily
Ugg
Wrongway
Q-Bert
Slick
Sam
Parker Brothers
Ace Vaselenak
Alberta
Canada
Patents Granted Last Week by USPTO Overview
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued several noteworthy patents last week. The descriptions highlight innovations across technology and manufacturing sectors, reflecting ongoing advances in electronics, materials, and data processing.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Portable bar-code scanner from Symbol Technologies patent
Symbol Technologies of Hauppauge New York patents a handheld trigger actuated laser scanner that reads bar code lines. Jerome Swartz notes it is the first truly portable model with broad consumer product use and potential military and robot applications. Walter Gardner cites about 4 million dollars in scanner orders and a June profit start, with a list price near 1600 dollars.
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Symbol Technologies, Inc
Hauppauge
N.Y
Jerome Swartz
Defense Department
Symbol
Walter Gardner
Navy patent for satellite inspection system in space
Klaus J. Hecker, electronics engineer at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Corona California, patented a system to inspect satellites from hovering type interceptor craft and transmit optical images by radio to a ground station. The goal is to assess whether an enemy satellite should be destroyed, with a warhead possibly allowing the enemy satellite to remain in orbit in a nonfunctional state.
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Navy
Klaus J. Hecker
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Corona
Calif
U Turn Warning Light Invented By Betty Reed
Betty C. Reed of Rockville Maryland has developed a reversible U turn warning light for cars. The device mounts on an inexpensive bracket and can be displayed above the hood or stored beneath it. A reversible motor powers the bulb and colored lens. It is not yet in production.
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Betty C. Reed
Rockville
Copier's friend aids electrostatic copying
A Princeton New Jersey RCA Laboratories staff member, Richard B. Hollo, received a patent for a static discharge device that helps copying machines work better. The device uses resilient metal straps to charge the top sheet in stream feeding, preventing overlap and ensuring proper feeding into the copier.
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RCA Laboratories
Princeton
N.J
Richard B. Hollo
Retraining for high tech jobs shows limited early gains
Detroit area displaced workers pursue robot technician training amid plant closures. Of 26 graduates, six find jobs. only four minorities land non robotics work. Critics cite weak demand, training focus gaps, and employers’ hesitation, as federal Job Training Partnership Act expands funding for retraining displaced workers nationwide.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Detroit
Christopher Malicki
Malicki
Robert Guttman
Senate
Subcommittee On
Ford and
General Motors Corp
Michigan
California
Ford
UAW
South Gate
Carole Martin
Economic Development Department
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