James Cameron has added another award to the trophy cabinet. The Avatar director won a Popular Mechanic Breakthrough Award. Cameron picked up the Leadership Award for using technology to open new worlds in Sci-Fi and real life. There is a nice little interview with the director on the PM site, where he talks about everything from going into space to developing a 3D camera for the Mars Rover. He also touches off how sci-fi can inspire people to think boldly ”Fantasy and imagination have driven the filmmaking process, which has driven technology. And I know from working in the sciences—especially space science and astronomy—that every one of these scientists was a science-fiction fan when they were a kid. It was an outlet for their imagination and their sense of what was possible.”
Well done JC!
