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Frank Zamboni Honored With Playable Google Doodle | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Google has provided users with a new way to waste time today, thanks to an interactive homepage doodle in honor of entrepreneur Frank Zamboni.
Anyone who has spent any time at an ice-skating rink has undoubtedly laid eyes on Zamboni's most well-known invention - the Zamboni ice resurfacers. Today, in celebration of Zamboni's 112th birthday, Google's doodle lets you play Zamboni driver.
Visit Google.com and press the "play" button to enter Google's digital ice rink. Using the arrow keys, navigate the Zamboni around the rink, erasing scratch marks made by the skaters. Erasing all the marks will take you to higher levels, where you can also earn gas for your Zamboni. The game is complete with old-school video-game sounds, though they can be turned off. The more levels you complete, the more intricate the ice scrapings become.
Frank Zamboni was born in 1901 in Utah, but relocated to California in 1920, where his older brother George had an auto repair business, according to his bio. The family eventually shifted into refrigeration, and built a skating rink in Paramount, Calif. in 1939. At the time, the ice was resurfaced by pulling a scraper behind a tractor, while workers collected ice shavings and wiped away dirty water. The process took more than an hour, however, so Frank Zamboni started experimenting with other options in 1942.
A prototype for the Zamboni we know today, however, was not developed until 1947, while it took another two years before Frank could adequately clear ice from a rink. At that point, he applied for a patent, which was awarded in 1953.
Frank Zamboni passed away in 1988, but his company lives on. In April 2012, Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc.
via pcmag.com
Frank Zamboni’s 112th birthday
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Children's Toys and Games: Welcome to Children's Toys and Games Blog
Welcome to Children's Toys and Games Blog
Welcome to my Children's Toys and Games Blog.There are a lot of cool toys and games you can buy online for children now days and in this blog I will be showing a collection of some of my favourite toys and games which I think are pretty cool.
So if you are looking for something special for your kids, I think this blog will be very helpful.
A good place to look for ideas for kids toys and games.
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