Dean Kamen keynoted at PowerPlex last week. I would have been content to just listen to him talk about his serial inventions which have earned him nearly 450 patents - the Segway, insulin pumps, prosthetics and countless other items.
However, in his talk he spent plenty of time on FIRST and how it has fired up so many of our young about robotics and STEM topics.
and that is about to get turbocharged with help from Disney
But to me even more inspiring was how he has helped revive Manchester, NH. That textile town is now a high-tech hub. This Politico article describes Kamen's role in the revival. So many other US towns could benefit from similar rejuvenation.
Just when you thought he could not do any better, he ended his talk with
"Us technologists solve problems...we can always wait for politicians or lawyers...but why wait?"
Indeed.
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