Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-35
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Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-35 First scientific pocket calculator to offer basic trig and exponential functions 5.8” long and 3.2” wide - the size of William Hewlett's pocket, hence "pocket calculator " Considered the death of the slide rule Cost $395 (~$1750 today)
Bruce Baumgart develops winged-edge data structure for representing polygon models (fixed length format , topology and geometry) Bruce Baumgart develops winged-edge data structure for representing polygon models (fixed length format, topology and geometry) More significantly, Bruce wins the Five-Man Free-For-All at First Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics at Stanford
The video game Pong is released Originally designed by Ralph Baer for his Magnavox Odyssey gaming console (world’s first console) Nolan Bushnell (Atari) played this game at a Magnavox product show He hired young engineer Al Alcorn to design a car driving game, but when it became apparent that this was too ambitious for the time , he had Alcorn design a version of ping-pong instead The game was tested in bars in Grass Valley and Sunnyvale, California where it proved very popular Pong would revolutionize the arcade industry and launch the modern video game era
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