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The final birthday party of Dr. Nakamats, this Friday in Tokyo
I am traveling to Tokyo to take part in the final birthday party — that’s how he describes it — of Dr. Nakamats, the world’s most inventive inventor (more than 3500 patents, including patents for the floppy disk, the self-defense wig, and flying shoes), author, political candidate, Ig Nobel Prize winner (in 2005, for having photographed […]
Swedish interview with Dr. Nakamats about his self-defense wig
Karin Gillenklev of Sverige Radio interviewed Dr. Nakamats about his patent for a self-defense wig. The interview happened in the faculty club of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm last week, when Dr. Nakamats was in town as part of the 2015 Ig Nobel EuroTour. Here is the interview: Here is an image from the patent:
Saturday is Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu Day at the Comfort Inn
The Colorado Springs Independent reports: He invented the floppy disk, digital displays and has more patents — upwards of 3,200 — to his name than Thomas Edison. He photographed every meal he’s eaten since the 1970s, which won him a 2005 Ig Nobel Prize (for useless research). He’s run for mayor of Tokyo numerous times, […]