<![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @blueharv: "Nakamats probably has something insane up his sleeve that doesn't require energy to obtain energy."

Unpossible! Maybe you meant "doesn't require an additional input of energy to obtain energy," in which case, maybe he does, but unlikely. However your idea of energy from nothing violates rule #1 of thermodynamics.

Maybe he just wants to do something like put vibration sensors underneath the roads and sidewalks and harness all the wave energy from footsteps/traffic vibration to power some sort of hydrolysis to get hydrogen gas? Not only could it be done, i'm pretty sure somebody is doing it already.

ThatGuyOverThere

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Well water to fuel wouldn't be a problem of dpletion for several thousand years really what with our Ocean and all. Then we could harvest Io, or the Moons of Saturn.

spudzill

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> I'm skeptical of water-to-fuel being a great idea, even if it works.

Remember 1986 Soviet sci-fi cult comedy Kin-Dza-Dza? The planet Plyuk became a desolate desert because they converted all of the water to fuel and then used most of it up. Then they had to convert the little remaining fuel back into water. Two massive shortages instead of just one!

adduby

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> I wonder what his sex theories and habits are like. All planned out and documented for starters.

kraffft

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> He's a complete fraud and a wack job. If he made the same claims while living in America he would have been torn to shreds. But here in Japan there's more tolerance for this type of extreme weirdness. It doesn't matter (here) if he's right, so long as he's interesting.

saketini99

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> it's most likely a peace sign. the japanese are crazy for them and are always flashing them in photos:
[en.wikipedia.org]

Existenz

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> It seems like semen.

Eac_o_System

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> That's true, and the U.S. has in fact been trying to stop the Japanese from developing such alternate sources for years, because if it gets developed there it will come here. The U.S. has toppled governments simply because those governments want to nationalize their oil. Imagine how they must feel about technologies that will supplant oil altogether?

spudzill

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @spudzill: That's the benefit of doing it in Japan, though; if what was said in comments earlier about Japan not having native oil companies and not having as much regulation that would get in the way is true, developing alternate fuels in Japan should be much easier. If Japan fully developes it, I doubt the oil companies will be able to stop us from using it.

Morgan

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Isn't white the colour of death in Japan?

Lars

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> There are literally dozens of people coming up with plans to replace fossil fuels. And I've seen many of them. They just keep getting put away as the Oil Companies don't want to have anything threaten their profits.

spudzill

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @HJungle: It's actually "two" for NakamaTSU. Here's a clip.

LISA KATAYAMA

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> First he gives us floppy disck then he gives us the pill to cure them.

engtech

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @theintrepidspacemanspiff: Hey there, icon buddy.

Also, dudes, Viagra isn't a love potion in the first place. Still, I did like those floppy disks back in the day.

Crash Launching

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @braak: I wonder if Japan stuffs him in the cellar of one of Tokyo's buroughs.

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Water to fuel? It's called electrolysis. I'm being facetious, of course. Nakamats probably has something insane up his sleeve that doesn't require energy to obtain energy.

blueharv

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> "...holding up his signature peace sign."

Is it a signature peace or victory sign? Regardless, interesting article. The idea of near-death inspiration is both cryptic and fascinating :)

HJungle

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> @spudzill: Yeah, but water-to-fuel, that's a big warning sign. I'm suspicious of that.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> I bet he's still macking on the hawties... he's duh man!

deckard97

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Remember, Tesla and Bell both changed the world dramatically. Nakamats could also be a vast world-changer. The neat thing about Nakamats is that Japan is much more likely to actually USE his inventions than the U.S. would from a similar individual.( I'm thinking Tesla again) Because the chaotic nature of Japanese government would be unable to block these inventions even if they threaten certain interests. Plus the Japanese don't have ant native oil companies so the water-to-fuel idea has distinct appeal in Japan.

spudzill

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> i'd throw some $$ at his campaign.

CMG

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> It's great to see NakaMats on here. He's the man.

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> I have a soft spot for crackpots. He's right up there with Tesla and and Bell. No Emperor Norton, mind you, but that's a high bar for nay weirdo to reach.

Gyrus

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Water-to-fuel, huh?

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> Cool dude.

Ken Keegan

]]> <![CDATA[Japan's Wackiest Inventor Saves the World With Super Viagra]]> jumping shoes, glittered lipstick, daily self-inflicted near-death experiences... he's a shoe-in for mayor in my book.

the earl of weaver

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