Philosophy
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
[Dr. NakaMats]
June 26th, 1928
Japanese inventor who holds over 3,000 patents, making him the world's most prolific inventor. (Thomas Alva Edison is a distant second with 1,093). NakaMats invented the floppy disk in 1950 at the Imperial University in Tokyo. After six of Japan's leading corporations turned him down, he granted the sales license for the disk to IBM. Dr. NakaMats interests are wide as reflected in his patents, which also include the CD and digital watch. Other patents range from a "Putting training device for golfers" to an "Apparatus for converting radiant energy such as light or heat directly into turning force" or an "Energy system for applying mixed hydrogen and gasoline to an engine."
Yoshiro Nakamatsu [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
3,000+ patents...sorry Edison, Yoshiro Nakamatsu is #1
Yoshiro Nakamatsu[Dr. NakaMats]
June 26th, 1928
Japanese inventor who holds over 3,000 patents, making him the world's most prolific inventor. (Thomas Alva Edison is a distant second with 1,093). NakaMats invented the floppy disk in 1950 at the Imperial University in Tokyo. After six of Japan's leading corporations turned him down, he granted the sales license for the disk to IBM. Dr. NakaMats interests are wide as reflected in his patents, which also include the CD and digital watch. Other patents range from a "Putting training device for golfers" to an "Apparatus for converting radiant energy such as light or heat directly into turning force" or an "Energy system for applying mixed hydrogen and gasoline to an engine."
Yoshiro Nakamatsu [Wikipedia]
- Google Doodle For Robert Noyce
"Robert Noyce, superstar of Silicon Valley, gets a Google Doodle" December 12th, 2011 Los Angeles Times Robert Noyce -- called a modern-day Thomas Edison in his 1990 obituary in the Los Angeles Times -- was smart, yes. The co-inventor of the microchip...
- John Wesley Hyatt...nitrocellulose Film Stock--movies
U.S. inventor and pioneer of the plastics industry who discovered the process for making celluloid. His other inventions included a water-purification system, a sugar-cane mill, a machine for straightening steel rods, a multi-stitch sewing-machine, and...
- Usc Rakes In The Bucks On Patents
Shouldn't the people who did the research share in the proceeds? "Revenue from USC patents nearly triples" by Austin Byron November 6th, 2011 Daily Trojan The amount of money the university received from patent licenses, as well as the number of...
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Alvin M. Marks October 28th, 1910 to May [?], 2008 Quite an inventor...from the practical [optics] to the fantastic ["space train"]. "Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97" by Bruce Weber May 31st, 2008 The New York Times Alvin M. Marks,...