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Dean Lawrence Kamen (/ ˈ k eɪ m ɪ n /; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT , [ 2 ] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers .
Segway Inc. was acquired by British businessman Jimi Heselden from its U.S. inventor Dean Kamen in December 2009. A year later, Heselden died after he "plunged into the River Wharfe while riding a rugged country version" of Segway PT. [19] [20] Police using a Segway in Stockholm, Sweden
Invented by Dean Kamen, the vehicle spurred speculation in 2001 with hints about an amazing new creation code-named "Ginger." Theories abounded, such as that the invention was an anti-gravity ...
In 1986, Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and founder of FIRST, purchased the island for US$2,500,000 [2] ($6.95 million in 2023). After a denial from local officials to build his own wind turbine on the island, Kamen "seceded" from the United States.
More than 40 years and 1,000 or so patents after selling his first company, AutoSyringe, to healthcare giant Baxter, Dean Kamen still gets a charge describing breakthrough innovation.
At the 2002 dinner were guests like Dean Kamen, Linda Stone, Richard Saul Wurman, Steve Petranek, Jeff Bezos, John Markoff, Kara Swisher, Nathan Myhrvold, Christopher J. Anderson, ...
Slingshot is a water purification device created by inventor Dean Kamen. [1] Powered by a Stirling engine running on a combustible fuel source, it claims to be able to produce drinking water from almost any source [2] by means of vapor compression distillation, [3] requires no filters, and can operate using cow dung as fuel.
Students returned to Vermont State University on Monday following the still-unsolved murder of a retired dean near the school last week.