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  • An inventor at his desk looking out the window, where someone is writing notes underwater
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    Why Does a Famous Japanese Inventor Hold His Breath Underwater to Find Ideas? Dr. NakaMats, Who Turned His Whole Life Into an Experiment

    He says his best ideas come “0.5 seconds before death.” For more than ninety years he has turned meals, illness and elections into invention projects. It all started at fourteen, when he wanted to make pouring soy sauce easier for his mother.

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