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    Dean Lawrence Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, as...
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  • founded in 1982 by Dean Kamen, consisting of over 1000 engineers, technicians, and support staff. DEKA is an acronym derived from Dean Kamen. The company is...
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  • through its Segway PT and Segway miniPro product lines. Founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1999, the company's name is a homophone of the word "segue". Segway...
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    a two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporter device invented by Dean Kamen. It is a registered trademark of Segway Inc. It was brought to market...
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    manufactured by Mobius Mobility since 2019. The device was developed by Dean Kamen’s DEKA Research & Development Corp. in partnership with Johnson & Johnson's...
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  • inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen, with inspiration and assistance from physicist and MIT professor emeritus Woodie Flowers. Kamen was disappointed with...
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  • Slingshot is a water purification device created by inventor Dean Kamen. Powered by a Stirling engine running on a combustible fuel source, it claims to...
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    Dumpling Light, which dates from 1859. The island is privately owned by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway. In 1639, John Winthrop, son of the governor of...
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  • LEGO League Discover, and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions. Founded by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers in 1989, its expressed goal is to develop ways to inspire...
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  • Dean of Invention was a television show starring Dean Kamen and Joanne Colan that premiered on Planet Green on October 22, 2010. The two explored scientific...
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    Channel's Discovery Atlas series. Then, alongside Segway PT inventor Dean Kamen, she spoke about her past and current activities on an episode of Iconoclasts...
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    this time, and Segway inventor Dean Kamen purchased two old mill buildings which became the headquarters for DEKA. Kamen purchased more buildings in 1984...
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  • RobertKamen (ARTS '69) received the CAS Alumni Achievement Award from Dean Gabi Starr for his work as a screenwriter. "Robert Mark Kamen". Kamen Estate...
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    2011, declaring, "I am a FIRST fan." He has also named FIRST Founder Dean Kamen "one of [his] heroes" on his verified Twitter account. In March 2009,...
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  • actress Dean Kamen, inventor Henry Kamen, historian Jack Kamen, illustrator Kay Kamen, merchandising executive Kuishinbo Kamen, wrestler Marina Kamen, musician...
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    and quality of life for amputees." In 2014, the LUKE Arm developed by Dean Kamen and his team at DEKA Research and Development Corp. became the first prosthetic...
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    Competition and other student engineering competitions. Working with inventor Dean Kamen, Flowers helped design the organization's competition structure based...
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  • It promotes STEM education and careers for youth and was created by Dean Kamen in 2016 as an expansion of FIRST, an organization with similar objectives...
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  • Evelyn's only grandchild. His son Dean Kamen is the inventor of the Segway and the iBOT Mobility System, and Jack Kamen drew the patent renderings of the...
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  • subsidiary. The Freestyle's beverage dispensing technology was designed by Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, in return for Coca-Cola distributing his...
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    engineering education. In 1992, WPI became one of the founding competitors of Dean Kamen's FIRST Robotics Competition. Based in part on this experience, in 2007...
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    from more than 190 countries in attendance and featured guests such as Dean Kamen, founder of the FIRST Robotics Competition, as well as musician Will.i...
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    experimental designs have incorporated stair-climbing abilities and Dean Kamen's iBOT design featured both stair climbing and the ability to 'stand' on...
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  • Dean John-Wilson (born 1989), British actor Dean Johnson, several people Dean Jones, several people Dean Kamen (born 1951), American engineer, inventor,...
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  • William P. Murphy Jr. (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) 2002 Dean Kamen (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of the Segway and of an infusion...
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    which measures the aggregate positioning capability of a system. In 2007, Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, unveiled a prototype robotic arm with 14 degrees...
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  • Kamen is a surname of Bulgarian origin meaning "stone". Adopted in most slavic countries. Notable people with the surname include: Dean L. Kamen (born...
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    Retrieved November 8, 2021. Wickham, Shawne K. (September 27, 2021). "Dean Kamen issues 'call to action' to promote coins honoring Christa McAuliffe"....
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    Merit from the Korean government[citation needed] Founder's Award from Dean Kamen[citation needed] 2008: he was inducted in the National Toy Hall of Fame...
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    : 74–75  The Segway, a self-balancing personal transporter invented by Dean Kamen, was unveiled on December 3 after months of public speculation and media...
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