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Arthur C. Clarke Inspired MeThen; Peter Diamandis Inspires Me Now: Lessons in Abundance and Exponential Thinking

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: 3d Modelling, Peter Diamandis, Dean Kamen, Abundance, Arthur C. Clarke, Exponential Thinking, Singularity University, Science News
Kay Koplovitz

Arthur C. Clarke inspired me to envision a world fully connected. Peter Diamandis inspires me to understand a world ripe with abundance, and to imagine wondrous improvements for mankind.

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TechStar Interview: Dean Kamen

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.20.2012

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Bill_Robinson

For those of you who don't know Dean Kamen, you're in for a treat. For those of you that do: I hope I can still delight and surprise you with some things you may not know.

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Inflatable Wind Turbine From Segway Designer

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Energy, Video, Segway, Portable Wind Turbine, Wind Turbine, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Dean Kamen, Green Energy, Inflatable Wind Turbine, Green News

From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: The inventor who gave the world the Segway – you know, that upright-riding, personal-transportation thing – is...

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Will.i.am: "There Should Be Science Programs in Every School"

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.10.2011

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Shira Lazar

Seven-time Grammy award winner Will.i.am believes in the importance of science in America. He thinks it's time that our schools start focusing on the basic building block of technology.

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Science Is Rockin' Roll And Technology Is Recession Proof

Will.i.am | Posted 10.06.2011

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Will.i.am

The theory is simple -- if entertainers perform in programs like the Teen Choice Awards, then why can't we do it for our kids who get good grades?

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TED Talks: Inventor Dean Kamen Discusses Revolutionary Robot Arm At TED MED 2009 (VIDEO)

Michael Macher | Posted 11.17.2011

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"You're nuts." That's what inventor and self-taught physicist Dean Kamen told the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) when they asked...

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Dean Kamen On Colbert Report: Segway Inventor Has New Device For Injured Troops (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on the Colbert Report, Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, showed off a new advanced prosthetic arm he's developed to help people with ...

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The Apple Tablet: Light Bulb or Segway?

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Steve Jobs, Personal Computing, Ipod, Light Bulb, Apple, Cupertino, Apple Tablet, Dean Kamen, Segue, System X, Pixar, Mac, Ten Commandments, Technology News
Michael B. Laskoff

This could be a 'light bulb' moment in the history of personal computing. If so, I'm betting that we'll see something totally unanticipated as the prognosticators tend to guess wrong.

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7 Inventions That Are Changing The World

Posted 05.25.2011

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Digging around for Impact stories can bring up a lot of bad news. Extreme poverty and widespread injustice can seem omnipresent. That's why, today, we...

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Blowing Things Up: In Praise of a Pyrotechnical Education

Dan Dubno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Competitiveness, Research, Homeland Security, Science, Barack Obama, Explosion, Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Education, Office of Naval Research, Dan Dubno, Obama Budget, Dean Kamen, Robotics, FIRST Robotics National Championship, Bombing, Darpa, China, Business News
Dan Dubno

I'm not suggesting we raise a nation of pyromaniacs. But youthful experimentation is a prerequisite to innovation, to giving kids "license to think outside the box."

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