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5 unusual facts about Dean Kamen


Dicycle

Other vehicles in this US Patent Class are mostly invented by Dean Kamen or his associates, like the Segway PT, a balancing dicycle.

Kealakehe High School

Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), created the world's leading high school robotics competition in 1992.

Motorized wheelchair

Other experimental designs have incorporated stair-climbing abilities and Dean Kamen's iBOT design featured both stair climbing and the ability to 'stand' on its up-ended chassiss via the use of advanced gyroscopic sensors.

North Dumpling Light

Dean Kamen now owns the island, where he has installed advanced illumination and isolated it from the power grid.

Segway Fest

Other notable events included a barbecue dinner at Dean Kamen's house, and a private screening of a near final cut of the film 10 MPH.


Barry Ptolemy

As of this writing Ptolemy is scheduled to produce and appear in a panel discussion called Transcendent Man LIVE with Ray Kurzweil, Steve Wozniak, Deepak Chopra, Dean Kamen, Michio Kaku, Tan Le with special appearances by Vice President Al Gore, Bill Maher, Quincy Jones and Elon Musk.

Kevin Surace

In 2012, RIT named Surace to the Innovation Hall of Fame along with Dean Kamen and Patricia Moore.


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