Dr NakaMats Interview
Dr. NakaMats is one kooky person. Born Yoshihiro Nakamatsu, he is the inventor of the floppy disk, fax machine and magnetic strip tickets and apparently holds the world record for the highest number of inventions. But don’t let just that amaze you. He also won an Ig Nobel prize in 2005 for photographing and analysing every meal he’s eaten for the last 35 years. Yes, while he’s made a number of inventions that have changed the world, he’s also created a few outright weird ones. My personal favourites are the PyonPyon flying shoes – a modern day version of seven league boots – that let you bounce high with minimum effort.
PingMag recently visited Dr NakaMats at his home and laboratory to interview him and find out more about this astonishing man. I highly recommend reading it. You’ll hear plenty of stories of weird people doing weird things in Japan – and Dr. NakaMats is certainly one of them, but he’s also proof that weird people are wonderful, too.
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