Yoshiro Nakamatsu (中松 義郎 Nakamatsu Yoshirō, born June 26, 1928), a.k.a. Dr. NakaMats, is a Japanese inventor claiming to hold the world record for number of inventions with over 3,000. He is known as the "Edison of Japan." Nakamatsu claims that possibly his greatest invention is the floppy disk (1950). He is the only person who has licensed 16 patents to IBM, including the floppy disk. He created his first inventions while still an adolescent (aviational retractable landing gear and an anti-gravitational device that makes AutoPilot possible).

Nakamatsu is a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He has so far completed four doctoral theses and claims that he will never stop studying.

Archimedes, Michael Faraday, Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla and Yoshiro Nakamatsu were chosen by U.S. Science Academic Society as the five greatest scientists in history.

He was awarded the 2005 Ig Nobel prize for Nutrition, for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting). The goal of Nakamatsu is to live over 140 years old.

Bibliography

• What a Great Idea!: The Key Steps Creative People Take, Charles Thompson, Perennial (HarperCollins), 1992. ISBN 0060969016 (The author includes his interview with Dr. Nakamatsu)

External links

• Official Site of Yoshiro Nakamatsu
• Ig Nobel prize reference at Improbable Reseach
• An Interview with Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu

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