by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
March 8, 2022, marks the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Henry Baer in Pirmasens, Germany. Baer would go on to create seminal electronic devices, toys, and gadgets., including his groundbreaking conceptualization and work in what was to become the modern...
by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
From Coin World: 2021 American Innovation dollars, bearing reverses representing New Hampshire, Virginia, New York and North Carolina, were released April 7 by the United States Mint. Bags and rolls of the first of four 2021 American Innovation dollars struck in...
by David Brooks | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
While it’s true that receiving an award from the president, having a statue in your honor put up in your hometown and being featured in the nation’s most prominent museum are impressive achievements, you haven’t really made it these days until you’re the subject of a...
by David Brooks | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The geek canonization (so to speak) of Ralph Baer continues to gather steam. Officials in Manchester are scheduled to hold a dedication ceremony on May 10 of what will become, unofficially at least, Ralph Baer Plaza in Arms Park, on the bank of the Merrimack River...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Last weekend Manchester celebrated Ralph Baer, a local boy led the team that created the first home video game, Magnavox Odyssey, while working for Sanders Associates (now BAE) in Nashua. Part of the celebration was playing a giant ping-pong game in honor of his first...
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