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How Did Jerry Lawson Change the Course of Video Gaming?

How Did Jerry Lawson Change the Course of Video Gaming?

BrainStuff

August 26, 202510m 19s

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In the 1970s, Jerry Lawson was instrumental in creating the first cartridge-based video game console and the first digital joystick -- and he did it as one of the only Black engineers in Silicon Valley at that time. Learn about Lawson and the Fairchild Channel F in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/big-thinkers/jerry-lawson.htm

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