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::''“I’m not an inventor,” says the 65-year-old in his small [[Osaka]] office, where the first version of the karaoke machine sits in a corner. “I simply put things that already exist together, which is completely different. I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?”'' (The Independent) | ::''“I’m not an inventor,” says the 65-year-old in his small [[Osaka]] office, where the first version of the karaoke machine sits in a corner. “I simply put things that already exist together, which is completely different. I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?”'' (The Independent) | ||
| − | In 2004 [[Harvard]] University awarded him the [[Ig Nobel Prize]] “for inventing karaoke”. He celebrated by calling himself, “''the last samurai''”. | + | In 1999 Time Magazine called him one of the 20th Century's most influential [[Asia]]ns. In 2004 [[Harvard]] University awarded him the [[Ig Nobel Prize]] “for inventing karaoke”. He celebrated by calling himself, “''the last samurai''”. |
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*[http://www.lvhrd.org/index.php/2007/05/02/the-empty-orchestra-draws-a-crowd/ The empty orchestra draws a crowd] | *[http://www.lvhrd.org/index.php/2007/05/02/the-empty-orchestra-draws-a-crowd/ The empty orchestra draws a crowd] | ||
*[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/13/1041990224535.html Japanese inventor loses patent to songbox] | *[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/13/1041990224535.html Japanese inventor loses patent to songbox] | ||
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Revision as of 01:06, November 30, 2007
Daisuke Inoue (b. Osaka 1940) is the man who invented the karaoke machine in 1971.
- “I’m not an inventor,” says the 65-year-old in his small Osaka office, where the first version of the karaoke machine sits in a corner. “I simply put things that already exist together, which is completely different. I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?” (The Independent)
In 1999 Time Magazine called him one of the 20th Century's most influential Asians. In 2004 Harvard University awarded him the Ig Nobel Prize “for inventing karaoke”. He celebrated by calling himself, “the last samurai”.