I remember seeing some great streaming video of it at the time, maybe at wired? The self-balancing part of the wheelchair led to the Segway, a bastard child if you wish...
That said, the guy's a genius, whose medical inventions (stents, portable dialysis, etc) have saved more lives than almost anybody else living. John. On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:43, Eric Huff wrote: > A good friend (and now a coworker) used to work for Dean Kamen. He is > an amazing guy. The segway's a little strange, but... > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:21:09 -0400 > > Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My wife was telling me about this remarkable inventor who invented a > > wheelchair that stands up on two wheels (!), goes up stairs, and so > > on. It fschk'ing amazing. So I hopped on the Net to find out more > > about it(my sister in-law is paralyzed), and came across an article on > > it. Here's are the bits I thought you'd find amusing: > > > > ... I hasten to point out that Kamen's IBOT runs on plenty of > > microprocessors. Of course, being post-PC-plus, it doesn't run on > > Microsoft Windows... Kamen is a terror. He'll have you in tears > > about his inventions, then rant about Windows unreliability, then > > recruit you into a robot competition to benefit kids... > > > > http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/22/991122opmetcalfe.xm > >l > > > > Miark
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