Dr. NakaMats Is the World's Most Prolific Inventor

MMBK writes to share an interesting look at Dr. "NakaMats" Nakamatsu, mastermind behind a world-record 3,000 patents. The 81-year-old scientist has inventions like the "PyonPyon" spring shoes, the karaoke machine, and others. He's also at least partly to blame for things like the digital watch, the floppy disk, and CDs. "Dr. Nakamatsu harbors other ambitions too: in 2007, he took his penchant for political campaigning to a new level, becoming a candidate in the gubernatorial election in Tokyo, and the election for the Upper House. Although he failed to get a seat, Dr. NakaMats has other tricks up his sleeve. In 2005 he was awarded the Ig Nobel prize for Nutrition, for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting). By the time he dies at the age of 144 (a goal he maintains with an elaborate daily ritual that rejuvenates his body and triggers his creative process), he intends to patent 6,000 inventions."

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So, I realize slashdot doesn't have superbly high classification standards, but how in the hell is this categorized under your rights online? Is ScuttleMonkey really just a perl script that files anything with the word patent in it under YRO? Shouldn't this be filed under something like Science maybe, or Hardware, or hell, even Idle or Interview? I really have no comprehension of how an interest piece video could have anything to do with my rights on or offline. ....

Weird.