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2012 Japan Prize Honors Magnet Creator and Cancer Researchers

Posted by Unknown on from the turns-out-magnets-work-using-science dept.

alphadogg writes with an excerpt from a Network World article: "The 2012 Japan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious science and technology honors, has been awarded to three American medical experts who are fighting cancer as well as to a Japanese inventor whose magnet technology has implications for energy conservation. In years past, the prize (which comes with a $650K purse) has honored computing accomplishments, including last year, when Unix inventors Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson were honored."

4 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Magnets? by ae1294 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Magnets how do they fucking work. I know this motherfucker knows....

    1. Re:Magnets? by ackthpt · · Score: 2

      Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.

      --

      A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Link to da magnet patent by vlm · · Score: 2

    I think this is a link to Masato Sagawa's magnet patent:

    http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20110324ptan20110070118.php

    The one liner /. summary is when you mix up and bake a magnet in a pan, it'll stick in the pan and warp unless you use a carbon based non-stick coating, you know, like "special" brownies.

    Please no followups complaining that is a gross simplification; that is the whole point. Its better than "contributes to energy conservation" which is pretty tenuous grasp (well, cheaper magnets mean cheaper windmills means more windmills means less coal burned, or some extreme greenwashing like that)

    They gave their last award to DMR who promptly died, I do hope Masato has better luck. Seriously, they both were/are good guys so best of luck dude.

    --
    "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
  3. Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi! by CuteSteveJobs · · Score: 2

    Good on Japan for having a high-profile prize like this.

    Here in Australia we award sportsmen, celebrities, wealthy businesspeople and public service fatcats. Scientists are spurned. (this article says 'scientists', but doesn't mention any. Googled around the other news websites and couldn't find any mention of them either.)

    Foodie icon Maggie Beer received an AM for her service to the tourism and hospitality industries and the promotion of Australian produce and cuisine. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-26/australia-day-honours-2011/3792896?section=sport

    Oh joy!