For those of you who don't know Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway) once said, “We have teenagers who think they'll get rich being NBA stars. When in reality that is not true even for 1% of them. But becoming a scientist or an engineer can make you rich. "
A great truth, which governments should take more into account when reducing budgets for science and technology . Wealth comes from the hand of research. Just think of Bill Gates , Steve Jobs , and so many other young people who are changing the world through new technologies .
Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur and defender of science and technology . He holds more than 440 patents in the US and abroad. When he was studying he invented the first portable infusion pump, used in medicine . Then the first portable insulin pump for diabetics. One of his most famous inventions has been a wheelchair , the iBOT, which allows the user to go up and down stairs, navigate difficult terrain and "stand" at the same level as the people around him. Another invention has been the Segway Human Transport .
Founded the Research and Development Corporation DEKA and became the market leader when it developed the Home Choice peritoneal dialysis system, which allowed patients to do dialysis in the privacy of their homes. And hundreds of other inventions and technological advances in the medical field are the result of his research.
Kamen has received many awards, including the Medal of Technology in 2000 from Bill Clinton. This award recognizes inventions that have improved health care around the world and leadership in showing Americans an enthusiasm for science and technology.
In 2005 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Kamen has many other awards and accolades and, in addition to DEKA, he has founded FIRST, an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology . The first students have already proven highly motivated to become the next generation of technology leaders.
The DEKA website explains the process they use in their research, which is this:
Find a problem. Investigate it.
Write down ideas. Invent. Get feedback.
Build something. Destroy it quickly. Do the best.
Decide. Plan, organize and make it happen.
Make several, test them fully.
Produce them. Get support.
Find a new problem.
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