Subject category:
Entrepreneurship
Published by:
IBS Case Development Center
Length: 13 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics:
Dean Kamen; iBot; Segway; Water purifier; Slingshot For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST); Science Enrichment Encounters (SEE); DEKA; Home Choice Peritoneal Dialysis Machine; Failures of Dean Kamen; College days of Dean Kamen; School days of Dean Kamen; Annual robotics competition; Auto Syringe Incorporated; Stirling engine
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Abstract
As an inventor and entrepreneur, Dean Kamen''s life brims with scientific achievements. His portfolio of patents ranges from helicopter designs to heating and cooling machines. In early 2003, he came out with the ''Segway Human Transporter'' (Segway HT) which had its origins in one of his previous innovations - the ''iBot'', a six wheeled mobility device with balancing mechanism for the disabled. In 2003, he came out with the low cost, low power, water purifier (nicknamed ''Slingshot''), designed specifically for solving drinking water problems in the Third World countries. This case highlights how Dean Kamen, right from his young age, has always used technology to come out with innovative products for the benefit of society. The case also traces the entrepreneurial side of Dean Kamen.
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Abstract
As an inventor and entrepreneur, Dean Kamen''s life brims with scientific achievements. His portfolio of patents ranges from helicopter designs to heating and cooling machines. In early 2003, he came out with the ''Segway Human Transporter'' (Segway HT) which had its origins in one of his previous innovations - the ''iBot'', a six wheeled mobility device with balancing mechanism for the disabled. In 2003, he came out with the low cost, low power, water purifier (nicknamed ''Slingshot''), designed specifically for solving drinking water problems in the Third World countries. This case highlights how Dean Kamen, right from his young age, has always used technology to come out with innovative products for the benefit of society. The case also traces the entrepreneurial side of Dean Kamen.