Dean Kamen

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  • Date of birth

    Date of birth

    Dean Kamen was born on 5 of April in 1951 in Long Island, New York

  • FIRST

    Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a program for students to get people interested in science, technology, and engineering.

  • Segway

    Kamen is best known for inventing the Segway. It is an electric, self-balancing human transporter with a computer-controlled gyroscopic stabilization and control system.

  • Global Humanitarian Award

    Dean Kamen received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.

  • The film SlingShot

    The film SlingShot was released, detailing Kamen's quest to use his vapor compression distiller to fix the world's water crisis.

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