J. Mike O'Dwyer

James Michael O'Dwyer is an inventor who grew up in Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia.

He only completed grade 12 education, but went on to be a manager at Woolworths Limited [cite web | url = http://www.sd.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v3/guis/templates/content/gui_cue_cntnhtml.cfm?id=5275 | title = Case Studies: Metal Storm Ltd | date = September 28, 2005 | work = Department of State Development, Government of Queensland | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ] before his inventions were able to provide an income.

O'Dwyer spent 15 years developing a rapid-fire gun prototype called Metal Storm that uses stacked projectiles. Metal storm can fire up to 1,000,000 rounds per minute, or 16,000 rounds per second. The technology is being commercialised by a company also called "Metal Storm" and was declared by Guinness Book of Records that the weapons are the world's most intelligent and fastest firearms. [cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/26/1079939827815.html | title = Lethal weapon | work = The Age | author = Jordan Baker
date = March 26, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ]

An American company Breeze Technology Holdings has in the past attempted to commercialise another of his inventions - air-cooled sneakers. [cite web | url = http://www.businessplans.org/Breeze/breeze01.html | title = Breeze Technology, Inc. : Business Plan | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ] [US patent|5860225|US Patent 5860225 : Self-ventilating footwear]

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s167329.htm Transcript of interview with Mike O'Dwyer and others in 2000] (ABC)
* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20497679-2702,00.html Mike appeared on Nine Network's Sunday program]

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