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Simon Sunatori

Simon Sunatori (born ) is a Canadian engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, known for the invention of the MagneScribe (an Auto-Retractable Pen) and the Magic Spicer (a Self-Sealing Spice Rack). He obtained a Master of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1983, and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a life member of the World Future Society (WFS).

Engineer

Sunatori worked at Northern Telecom Electronics Ltd. and Bell-Northern Research Ltd. (now Nortel Networks) for 11 years as a member of the scientific staff. He acted as senior integrated circuit designer for the CMOS standard cell library, as senior design system integrator for the GaAs cell library, and as UNIX systems administrator. For his work and commitment, he earned a few awards, notably two "Bell-Northern Research Awards of Excellence" and a "Northern Telecom Solutions for Excellence". In 1985, he created an on-line news, information and discussion forum called CM4NEWS, for which he served as editor-in-chief and later as editor emeritus.

Inventor

As an independent inventor, Sunatori has drafted and filed more than 50 solo patent applications in many fields, including electronics, magnetics, optics, software, hardware, energy, safety, environment, medical, consumer products, sporting goods, fashion, etc. with titles such as "Topless Microwave Cooking Device" and "Unisex Magnetic Coaxial Connector Device". He submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research, i.e., "Crash Survivor" and "Germ Buster". Some of his inventions appeared on the @discovery.ca programme on the Discovery Channel (Canada), i.e., "Erectable Hexa-Conical Take-Out Coffee Cup" (Winner, Innovation & Beauty), "Maglev Shopping Cart" (Winner) and "Ellipsoidal Squirrel-Free Bird Feeder" (Honourable Mention). Sunatori has been nominated for Manning Innovation Awards. In 1999, he became the first person in the world to file a Canadian patent application electronically on the Internet. In 2002, he was ranked number 11 on the list of most patent applications filed in Quebec (the only independent inventor), as published in Les Affaires. In 2005, his MagneScribe invention was featured in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper.

Entrepreneur

As an entrepreneur, Sunatori founded HyperInfo Canada Inc. in 1989 to pursue research and development on information processing and publishing technology as well as electromagnetic technology applications. In 1995, he set up HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre on the internet to offer pay-for-value knowledge services via e-commerce. The HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre won the 1996 Canadian Internet Special Achievement Award for "Best Internet Publication (electronic)", and 1999 Golden Web Award. In 2002, his court case with the Commission de protection de la langue française (CPLF) was mentioned in The Globe and Mail newspaper.