J. Mike O'Dwyer
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James Michael O'Dwyer is an inventor who grew up in Muttaburra, Queensland
, Australia
.
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.
An American
company Breeze Technology Holdings has in the past attempted to commercialise another of his inventions - air-cooled sneakers.
Muttaburra, Queensland
Muttaburra is a small grazing town located in central western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the banks of the Thomson River, approximately north of the town of Longreach and north of Aramac. Muttaburra is located within the Barcaldine Region...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Biography
He only completed grade 12 education, but went on to be a manager at Woolworths LimitedWoolworths Limited
Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
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.
An American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company Breeze Technology Holdings has in the past attempted to commercialise another of his inventions - air-cooled sneakers.
External links
- Transcript of interview with Mike O'Dwyer and others in 2000 (ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
) - Mike appeared on Nine Network's Sunday program
- SMH
- ABC, 31 August 2000