| Simon Sunatori | |
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Simon Sunatori |
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| Born | January 10, 1959 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | McMaster University |
| Occupation | Engineer, inventor, entrepreneur |
| Known for | HyperFeeder, MagneScribe, Magic Spicer |
Simon Sunatori (born January 10, 1959 ) is a Canadian engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, known for the invention of the HyperFeeder (a squirrel-proof bird feeder with concentric perching rings and a transparent globe), the MagneScribe (an auto-retractable ballpoint pen with an ergonomic cushion) and the Magic Spicer (a self-sealing auto-aligning magnetically-hanging spice dispenser with a continuously-variable hole-size selector). He obtained a Master of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1983, and is a member of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a life member of the World Future Society (WFS). He is listed in Canadian Who's Who, published by the University of Toronto Press (UTP).
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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. His publications include those in the Journal of Applied Physics.[1]
As an independent inventor, Sunatori has drafted and filed more than 60 solo patent applications[2] in many fields, including electronics, magnetics, optics, dynamics, software, hardware, energy, safety, environment, medical, consumer products, sporting goods, fashion, etc. with titles such as "Topless Microwave Cooking Device[3]", "Unisex Magnetic Coaxial Connector Device[4]" and "3-Way Hockey Rink[5]". He submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research, i.e., "Crash Survivor[6]" and "Germ Buster[7]", to NASA Create the Future Design Contest,[8] etc.
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[9] 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[10] newspaper, University of Alberta's Alberta Law Review,[11] etc. In 2005, his MagneScribe invention was featured in the Ottawa Business Journal[12] newspaper. In 2008, he appeared in PEO's publication "YOU FIND ENGINEERING IN THE MOST AMAZING PLACES[13]" along with Leonid Brezhnev, Jimmy Carter, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Lee Iacocca, Boris Yeltsin, etc. In 2009, he discovered a serious security breach in Canada Post Ombudsman's online complaints system, as reported in the Ottawa Citizen[14] newspaper.
Sunatori has been granted over 40 Canadian and U.S. patents, including US 6830402 and CA 2429153 for "Auto-retractable pen mechanism with a cushion effect".