Saturday, April 5, 2008

Gearhead Dean Kamen answers a few quick questions.

PopularMechanics.com has published a little article in which they conduct a short Q&A session with Dean Kamen. In the article, titled "6 Questions for Maverick Inventor Dean Kamen," they address the future of geek culture in America as well as how the public opinion of technology can be skewed towards avoidance.

For those who aren't familiar with Mr. Kamen, he is the inventor of the Segway and founder of FIRST Robotics, a company that hosts robot-building contests for teenagers. Here is a short video clip explaining one of the events to be held in the 2008 FIRST Robotics competition:

1 comment:

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