Miner 2049er home video game retrospective
Robin Livin discusses Miner 2049er by Bill Hogue Big Five software for Atari 400 800 1200 Apple and Colecovision. The piece highlights 10 screens difficulty options vivid graphics high score table and 16K ROM size and notes gameplay resembles Donkey Kong with Bounty Bob navigating a uranium mine to color floors while avoiding time limits mutants and gaps.
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Bill Hogue
Big Five Software
Apple
Colecovision
Bounty Bob
Bob
Miner 2049er thrills arcade lovers with futuristic screens
An arcade feature highlights Mine 2049er with touch transforming objects into edible green monsters. It boasts ten stages and 250 speed levels with slides, Star Trek style transporters and a cannon. The Cedar Rapids Gazette seeks local high scores with player details sent to The Arcade. Robin Livin, a 12 year old Novak Elementary student, is mentioned.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Robin Livin
Novak Elementary School
Patents Granted Last Week by USPTO
The USPTO issued brief descriptions of notable patents granted during the prior week. The notices summarize new inventions across various fields and identify the assignees and inventors where listed.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Power from old mines and solar chiming sundial patent
The Interior Department patent covers burning out coal in abandoned mines to generate electric power using a controlled burnout process tested at Calamity Hollow Pennsylvania. Robert F. Chaiken says the system enables small mobile plants. licenses will be available. Edwin F. Shelley patents a solar powered chiming sundial triggering hourly notes and a chime generator. A watch firm considers commercial use for gardens and sunlit rooms.
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Department of the Interior
Robert F. Chaiken
Pittsburgh Research Center
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
Chaiken
Interior Department
Edwin F. Shelley
Center For Energy Policy and Research
New York Institute of Technology
New tools of archaeology at Luxor shift digs from shovels to lasers
At Luxor near the Valley of the Kings archaeologists use lasers computers and hot air balloons to map temples and tombs in minutes. Kent Weeks of UC Berkeley says sonic waves reveal voids and potential tombs while 3-D plots improve accuracy. The effort aims to document and save monuments facing damage from tourism theft climate and rising water.
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Los Angeles Times
Hatshepsut
Egypt
Valley of the Kings
Luxor
Napoleon Bonaparte
United States
France
Canada
Poland
Pyramids
Giza
Kent Weeks
University of California At Berkeley
Weeks
Thebes
West Bank
The
Nile
Aswan
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