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'Father of Video Games' to Speak at Daniel Webster

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Known as the "father of video games," Ralph Baer, 85, will speak April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Daniel Webster College (Collings Auditorium) in Nashua, N.H. Among Baer's many inventions is the home console for video games, originally known as the Brown Box; it was later licensed to Magnavox and introduced in 1972 as Odyssey -- which was exhibited at the Smithsonian, among other museums. The receipient of numerous technology awards, including the National Medal of Technology, Baer is a Life Senior Member of IEEE. The German native escaped from his homeland with his family in 1938, two months before...Read full article

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