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" Today, Popular Mechanics announced that renowned director James Cameron will be the recipient of the 2011 Breakthrough Leadership Award. The magazine&amp;#039;s Breakthrough Awards recognize the innovators and products poised to change the world in the fields of technology, medicine, aviation, environmental engineering, and more. Cameron, who will join other honorees at the 7th annual Breakthrough Awards on October 10th in New York City, is being recognized for his pioneering contributions to filmmaking, technology, science and exploration. \u2028 \u2028Cameron&amp;#039;s personal approach to filmmaking truly embodies the spirit of Popular Mechanics\u2014if the equipment he needs doesn&amp;#039;t exist, he builds it, from the ROVs used in The Abyss to the Simulcam technology and 3D camera rigs used in Avatar. Beyond Hollywood, his innovations are expanding human knowledge by probing new frontiers: Cameron collaborated on an effort to equip the next Mars rover with stereoscopic cameras and is developing a submersible that will open the deepest areas of the ocean to exploration.\u2028 \u2028&amp;quot;I grew up on Popular Mechanics, and I still look forward to getting my issue every month and finding out what the new innovations are,&amp;quot; Cameron says. &amp;quot;The magazine is a mixture of science, engineering and backyard tinkering. I love that, because I like to sit at that particular nexus myself. This award symbolizes the fact that I&amp;#039;ve managed to pull it off\u2014to do something of value in those areas.&amp;quot; \u2028 \u2028 &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always been impressed with how Cameron has pushed a sometimes reluctant film industry to embrace dramatic technological progress,&amp;quot; says Popular Mechanics Editor-in-Chief Jim Meigs. &amp;quot;I believe that we can&amp;#039;t underestimate how much popular culture can do to promote intellectual and scientific curiosity. Cameron&amp;#039;s work has likely inspired the ambitions of countless future scientists, engineers and explorers.&amp;quot; \u2028 \u2028Past recipients of the Breakthrough Leadership Award include genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter, efficiency expert Amory Lovins, inventor and FIRST Robotics founder Dean Kamen, and humanitarian engineer Amy Smith. Additional award recipients will be announced in early October. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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