Dr Ichiro Nakamatsu, who enjoys the reputation of contemporary Edison, is a world-famous Japanese inventor. He holds more than 3,200 invention patents, more than twice that of Edison. With 15 times, he won the highest prize in the new york World Invention Competition and was known as the world invention king. His successful experience has profound practical significance and enlightening value for us. On the principle of not imitating other people's things, he held an invention contest for children on rest days to stimulate their interest in invention and encourage their spirit. Zhong Song's mother is a graduate of a normal college. She has devoted all her efforts to cultivating Xiao Zhongsong. He never gave his children an order to study hard, and he never made any specific requirements. Instead, I arranged a study and studio for Jason Chung Song at home, prepared all the appliances, bought a lot of model materials and all the items and tools necessary for making models, and let him do what he likes. In such a family environment that respects individuality, stimulates interest, facilitates hands-on and encourages creation, Zhong Song has been fascinated by the production and innovation of airplane models since childhood, and has exercised his strong hands-on ability, meticulous observation ability, original ability and indomitable innovation spirit, which are indispensable as an inventor. It is the strong desire for invention and creation that illuminates the way forward of Zhong Song's original career and makes him achieve great achievements. In the process of cultivating small creativity, the influence of family environment is obvious. Ichiro Nakamatsu told reporters that his invention was inspired by maternal love first, and then by study. Zhong Song's mother is a teacher. She taught him from an early age: "No matter what you do, you must be full of love. Love can produce wisdom and inspiration. " When she discovered her son's creativity, she tried her best to help him. She scrimped and saved, provided money for her son, encouraged him to turn the drawings into models, and helped him apply for patents everywhere. In Ichiro Nakamatsu's home, there is a huge portrait of his mother. His published books are full of nostalgia and love for his mother. In his opinion, mother is the greatest inventor. It is with maternal love and mother's earnest instruction that he can continuously introduce various inventions.
1943 One day in the winter, Yoshiro Nakamatsu saw his mother trying to pour soy sauce from a big jar into a small bottle for dinner. It was very cold, my mother's hands trembled, but she couldn't pour it in, and soy sauce spilled all over the floor. Zhong Song was very upset. "I love her very much, so I hope I can help her," Nakamatsu recalled. He vowed to invent a convenient device to help his mother. Not long after, at the age of 14, he successfully developed a hand pump. After the war, this kind of plastic hand pump, which is mainly used for kerosene, diesel and gasoline, sold well in Japan and many other countries and has been used ever since. The excellent creative quality of excellent inventors is the combination of intelligence, knowledge and psychological quality, and psychological quality is particularly important; This is perfectly reflected in the direction of Nakamatsu.
Ichiro Nakamatsu fell in love with model planes when he was five years old. When I realized that the key point of making an airplane can take off is that the center of gravity is located at the position 1/3 from the leading edge of the main wing, I was thinking about how to keep the center of gravity from shifting in the airplane. I thought day and night, and finally got inspiration from observing the wind chimes swinging under the eaves, and invented the automatic stabilizer for the center of gravity of the model airplane. At the age of seven, he invented the "folding lander". Later, because of his excellent academic performance, he jumped two levels in a row. After being admitted to Tokyo Imperial University for engineering, Nakamatsu's enthusiasm for invention was out of control.
After Zhong Song went to school, in order not to delay his normal study, he always went to the library to look up materials at night and fiddled with inventions during holidays. While his peers were still playing with sand, he was already reading college textbooks and roaming in the world of science and technology.
Zhongsong spent his middle school days in a state of war. At that time, all kinds of materials were extremely scarce, there was no heating, and the unbearable cold made Zhong Song have the idea of forgetting the cold. He tried his best to catch the one that flashed in his mind. Although there was nothing, wasn't there still air? He ordered himself to use air to warm the house. So he began to study air, frantically understand the characteristics of air, and finally saw a book about high fever caused by rapidly compressed air, and immediately began to make an air pump. After repeated tests and improvements, the fuel-free indoor heating device was finally made. This practical invention became the first patent in Zhong Song.
More importantly, he realized the social value of invention and summarized it as an invention method: spiral pitch method. There is no forbidden area in the field of invention and creation, but inventions will not be easily produced; In the process of invention, design and test, we must always break through the reef unremittingly; In the face of setbacks and obstacles, you must get up the courage, persevere and stick to the end. You will certainly be able to successfully grasp your faith, give play to your originality and work hard with perseverance! Try harder!
So far, he has owned more than 3,200 invention patents, and thus won various honors. He won 50 world invention awards and was named one of the "five greatest scientists in history" by the National Academy of Sciences together with Archimedes and Madame Curie. It is worth mentioning that Ichiro Nakamatsu also holds four doctorates in engineering, law, science and medicine, and has been employed as honorary researchers by dozens of universities around the world. Above his head, a dazzling halo enveloped him.
Dr. Nakamatsu firmly believes that efforts will not be in vain; He believes that body and spirit are the basis of invention, and hard work, perseverance and perseverance are also essential; The development of society needs originality, and giving full play to your personality should be your life criterion. Instead, it will be submerged in a sea of people. If developing your personality is not your life rule, it is very simple. Just drive yourself to think about originality. He believes that most excellent people have faith, respect the fruits of others' labor and good moral cultivation. To this end, he invented the interpersonal relationship equation. The inventor's world has no walls. Dare to challenge tradition, not afraid of authority, not afraid of failure, not afraid of difficulties, is their weapon of success. After graduating from the engineering department of Tokyo University, Dr. Nakamatsu joined Mitsui Company, but the company asked him to do the job of selling helicopters that he was not good at. He didn't take the conventional old road of pleasing people and pulling relationships, but found another way to promote inventions by relying on his own technology and originality. Following this idea, the idea of expanding the use of helicopters came into being, and then aerial sprayers and aerial wiring devices were invented, which made the sales of helicopters soar. At the same time, a new technology was created to improve the efficiency of agricultural pest control and power wiring at that time, which met the social needs. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has also multiplied its fortune because of Dr. Nakamatsu's outstanding invention, and has become a hot commodity for investors to bid for. It's killing two birds with one stone.
Dr. Nakamatsu believes that to invent, we must first abandon the old ideas in the past, thoroughly investigate the market, and then start to study the theory. Those that do not conform to scientific principles should be abandoned and new theories should be explored. He wanted to invent the best speaker in the world, and decided to break away from convention and let the speaker vibrate in the air to improve the sound quality. However, he was unanimously opposed by the staff on the grounds that the previous speaker vibrators were fixed on the speakers, but even Panasonic and Sony did not make them like this. Dr. Nakamatsu's logic is that he wants to do it because he doesn't. Because the diaphragm of the speaker is fixed around, the sound quality is not good, so a better method should be adopted. He pushed his way through the crowd and successfully invented the acoustic device of Nakamatsu field. The ingenious Zhongsongbulin chair was also invented in fierce opposition. One of the prerequisites for an inventor's success is his meticulous and keen observation ability; They can often be inspired by careful observation that ordinary people are not paying attention to or are not used to. Ichiro Nakamatsu invented the automatic stabilizer for the center of gravity of the airplane model, which began with careful observation of the wind chimes hanging under the eaves. He found that no matter which direction it blows, as long as the hammer of the wind chime starts to swing, the wind chime's body will keep a certain direction and collide with the hammer. Inspired by this, he thinks that as long as something with wind chime function is tied to the fuselage of the model airplane and the center of gravity of the airplane is kept at 1/3, the airplane will surely fly stably.
His first important invention was a 3.5-inch computer floppy disk. 1950, Ichiro Nakamatsu, who was studying at Imperial University in Tokyo, was busy researching and inventing day and night. In order to relax his overloaded brain, he likes to enjoy Beethoven's Fifth Symphony while working. At that time, the phonograph was 78 revolutions per minute, the sound quality was not good, and it often made hissing noise. How to improve the sound quality? After some thinking, Zhongsong invented the floppy disk, thus creating a new era of storage.
When he is ready to engage in helicopter sales, he goes to the airport every day to observe the take-off and landing and flight of helicopters. When the helicopter took off, it raised the dust on the ground and a grain of sand flew into the upper eyelid. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, wondering why sand flew into his upper eyelid. So he used the inspiration of spraying pesticides by helicopter to jump into his mind: using the helicopter's rotating wing to rotate air and pesticides to the ground and then bounce back, so that pesticides can be sprayed on the back of leaves, which can solve the problem of eliminating pests in the north and improve the efficiency of pests.
Zhong Song can detect things that are easily overlooked and cultivate a pair of sharp eyes for invention. The crumbs of biscuits in the pages inspired him to invent the loose knot belt; On a windy night, the strange sound outside the window-the influence of the ringing of wires on hearing, inspired him to set up wires by helicopter; The creaking sound of the newspaper delivery boy folding newspapers outside the door gave him the idea of inventing paper recording; The painful feeling of glasses pressing on his nose led him to invent Zhong Song glasses based on the principle of balance ... Creativity is the mother of invention, management and all outstanding achievements. Ichiro Nakamatsu believes that intelligence alone will not produce excellent originality. Healthy body and mind are the foundation of everything, and intelligence is restricted by physique, while mind is the foundation of body, then action, and intelligence is the last.
To stimulate the spirit of invention, we must take development and re-development as the creed of life, rather than getting rich through hard work; Life provides many opportunities, so we should pay attention to broaden our horizons, overcome the obstacles of habitual thinking, seize the opportunity, give play to our originality, take a firm attitude and act immediately; It is difficult to link theory with common sense, but you have the courage, determination and action to break common sense and carry the theory through to the end; Inspiration is the characteristic of invention, it comes suddenly, and it is the discharge when learning, working hard, accumulating to the peak and fully charging; Facing strong competitors; We should strike first and concentrate our superior forces; Have the belief of acting confidently regardless of gains and losses. Perseverance, perseverance, full preparation, perseverance and hard work will surely conquer dangerous peaks, achieve success and lead a meaningful life. This is Ichiro Nakamatsu's highly summary of the spirit of invention.