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Dean Kamen: Luke, a new prosthetic arm for soldiers
Dean Kamen: Luke, një krah i ri proteze per ushtaret
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Shpikesi Dean Kamen paraqet krahun e ri protezë, qe ai është duke zhvilluar me kërkesë të Departamentit Amerikan të Mbrojtjes. Përkushtimi i tij për te përdorur teknologji që zgjidhin probleme duke nderuar shpirtin e njeriut nuk ka qenë kurre më i qartë.
Dean Kamen - Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers. Full bio
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers. Full bio
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I got a visit almost exactly a year ago,
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Para pothuajse nje viti,
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a little over a year ago, from a very senior person at the Department of Defense.
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pata nje vizite nga nje person i rendesishem i Departamenit te Mbrojtjes.
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Came to see me and said, "1,600 of the kids that we've sent out
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Erdhi për të me parë mua dhe tha, "1,600 nga fëmijët që ne i kemi dërguar jashtë
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have come back missing at least one full arm.
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janë kthyer me të paktën nje krah të humbur .
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Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation.
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Nje krah te tere. Shpatull te disartikuluar.
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And we're doing the same thing we did for -- more or less,
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Dhe jemi duke bërë, as me pak e as me shume, se të njëjtën gjë kemi bërë
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that we've done since the Civil War, a stick and a hook.
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qe nga lufta civile, nje shkop dhe nje cengel.
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And they deserve more than that."
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Dhe ata meritojne shume me teper se kaq."
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And literally, this guy sat in my office in New Hampshire and said,
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Dhe, vërtet, ky djalë u ul në zyrën time në New Hampshire dhe me tha,
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"I want you to give me something that we can put on these kids
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"Dua që të më jepni diçka për t'ja vënë këtyre fëmijëve
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that'll pick up a raisin or a grape off a table,
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qe mund te kapin nje kokerr rrush nga tavolina,
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they'll be able to put it in their mouth without destroying either one,
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dhe ta fusin ne goje pa shkaterruar as njeren e as tjetren,
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and they'll be able to know the difference without looking at it."
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dhe do mund ta kuptojne ndryshimin pa e pare."
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You know, had efferent, afferent, and haptic response.
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E ke parsysh nje pergjigje te tille.
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He finishes explaining that, and I'm waiting for the big 300 pound paper proposal,
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Ai perfundoi se shpjeguari kete dhe une po prisja nje propozim prej 300 faqesh te me vervitej,
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and he said, "That's what I want from you."
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kur ai tha, "Kete kerkoj nga ty."
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I said, "Look, you're nuts. That technology's just not available right now.
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I thashe, "Shiko, ti je i cmendur. Ajo lloj teknologjie nuk egziston tani per tani.
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And it can't be done.
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Dhe nuk mund te behet.
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Not in an envelope of a human arm,
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Jo ne nje zarf te krahut njerezor,
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with 21 degrees of freedom, from your shoulder to your fingertips."
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me 21 grade liri, nga shpatulla tek majat e gishtave."
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He said, "About two dozen of these 1,600 kids have come back bilateral.
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Ai tha, "Rreth dy duzina nga këto 1.600 djem janë kthyer dypalësh.
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You think it's bad to lose one arm?
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Mendon se eshte keq te humbesh nje krah?
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That's an inconvenience compared to having both of them gone."
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Kjo nuk eshte asgje perpara humbjes se te dyve."
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I got a day job,
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E kam nje pune,
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and my nights and weekends are already filled up with things like,
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dhe netet e fundjavat jane te mbushura me gjera te tipit,
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let's supply water to the world, and power to the world, and educate all the kids,
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le ta furnizojme boten me uje dhe elektricitet dhe te edukojme te gjthe femijet,
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which, Chris, I will not talk about. I don't need another mission.
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per te cilat, Chris, une nuk do te flas. Nuk me nevojitet nje tjeter mision.
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I keep thinking about these kids with no arms.
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vazhdoj te mendoj per ato djem pa krahe.
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He says to me, "We've done some work around the country.
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Ai me thote, "Kemi bere disa pune rreth e rrotull.
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We've got some pretty amazing neurology and other people."
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Kemi neorologji mjaft te mire dhe njerez te tjere."
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I said, "I'll take a field trip, I'll go see what you got."
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I thashe, 'Do vij ne terren, te shoh se cfare keni."
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Over the next month I visited lots of places, some out here, around the country,
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Ne muajt ne vazhdim, vizitova shume vende
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found the best of the best.
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dhe gjeta me te mirat e te mirave
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I went down to Washington. I saw these guys, and said,
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Shkova ne Washington, i takova djemte dhe u thashe,
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"I did what you asked me. I looked at what's out there.
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"Bera ate qe me kerkuat. Pashe se c'kish jashte.
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I still think you're nuts. But not as nuts as I thought."
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Serish mendoj se nuk je mire nga mendja. Por jo aq keq sa mendoja ne fillim."
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I put a team together, a little over 13 months ago,
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Krijova nje grup pune, pak me shume se 13 muaj me pare,
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got up to 20 some-odd people.
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dhe u beme nja 20 tipa te cuditshem.
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We said, we're going to build a device that does what he wants.
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I thame qe do te ndertonim nje mekanizem qe bente ate qe ai deshironte.
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We have 14 out of the 21 degrees of freedom;
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Kemi nga 14 deri ne 21 grade liri;
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you don't need the ones in the last two fingers.
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nuk te duhen ato ne dy gishtat e fundit.
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We put this thing together.
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E beme kete gje njesh.
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A couple of weeks ago we took it down to Walter Reed,
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Para disa javesh e cuam ne Walter Reed,
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which is unfortunately more in the news these days.
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e cila eshte shume ne lajme keto kohet e fundit.
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We showed it to a bunch of guys.
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Ja treguam shume prej djemve.
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One guy who described himself as being lucky,
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Nje djale e quajti veten me fat qe kish humbur krahun e majte
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because he lost his left arm, and he's a righty.
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sepse ai perdor te djathtin.
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He sat at a table with seven or eight of these other guys.
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Ai u ul ne tavoline me shtate a tete nga djemte e tjere.
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Said he was lucky, because he had his good arm,
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Tha qe ishte me fat sepse e kishte krahun e mire,
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and then he pushed himself back from the table. He had no legs.
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dhe me pas e shtyu veten larg tavolines. Ai nuk kish kembe.
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These kids have attitudes that you just can't believe.
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Keta djem kane disa qendrime qe nuk do mund ti besonit.
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So I'm going to show you now, without the skin on it,
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Do t'ju tregoj tani, pa lekuren siper,
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a 30-second piece, and then I'm done.
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nje pjese 30 sekonda e me pas mbarova.
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But understand what you're looking at
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Por qe te kuptoni ato qe po shikoni,
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we made small enough to fit on a 50th percentile female,
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ne beme dicka te vogel sa do te nxinte nje femer 50 perqindeshe,
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so that we could put it in any of these people.
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ne menyre qe te mund ta vendosnim te cilido prej ketyre njerezve.
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It's going to go inside something that we use in CAT scans and
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Do te hyje brenda dickaje qe ne perdorim ne skanimet CAT
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MRIs of whatever is their good arm,
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ose MRI te krahut te mire,
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to make silicon rubber, then coat it, and paint it in 3D --
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per te bere gome silikoni, per ta veshur e me pas pikturuar ne 3D--
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exact mirror image of their other limb.
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imazh i sakte pasqyre i gjymtyreve te tjere.
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So, you won't see all the really cool stuff that's in this series elastic set of 14 actuators,
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Pra, ju nuk do mund te shihni dot të gjitha ato gjera interesante që janë në këtë seri elastike,
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each one which has its own capability to sense temperature and pressure.
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ku secili prej te 14-ve ka aftesine e tij per te ndjere temperature dhe presion.
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It also has a pneumatic cuff that holds it on,
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Gjithashtu, ka edhe nje prange pneumatike qe e mban lidhur,
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so the more they put themselves under load, the more it attaches.
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ne menyre qe sa me shume te ngarkohet aq me shume ngjitet.
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They take the load off, and it becomes, again, compliant.
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Ato heqin peshen, dhe ribehet serish e perputhshme.
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I'm going to show you a guy doing a couple of simple things with this
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Do t'ju tregoj nje djale qe ben disa gjera te lehta me kete
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that we demonstrated in Washington. Can we look at this thing?
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c'ka e kemi demonstruar edhe ne Washington. E shohim dot kete?
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Watch the fingers grab. The thumb comes up. Wrist.
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Shiheni kapjen e gishtave. Gishti i madh ngrihet lart. Kyci.
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This weighs 6.9 pounds.
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Kjo peshon 3 kg.
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Going to scratch his nose.
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Po kruan hunden.
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It's got 14 active degrees of freedom.
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Ka 14 grade liri aktive.
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Now he's going to pick up a pen with his opposed thumb and index finger.
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Tani, ai do te kape nje stilolaps me gishtin e madh dhe gishtin tregues.
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Now he's going to put that down, pick up a piece of paper,
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Tani ai do ta ule ate, do marre nje cope leter,
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rotate all the degrees of freedom in his hand and wrist, and read it.
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do rrotulloje te gjithe gradet e lirise ne dore dhe kyc, e do ta lexoje.
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(Applause)
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Duartrokitje
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Kamen - InventorDean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.
Why you should listen
Dean Kamen is an innovator, but not just of things. He hopes to revolutionize attitudes, quality of life, awareness. While an undergraduate, he developed the first portable infusion device, which delivers drug treatments that once required round-the-clock hospital care. And, through his DEKA Research and Development, which he cofounded in 1982, he developed a portable dialysis machine, a vascular stent, and the iBOT -- a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs (Stephen Colbert took one for a spin).
Yes, he's a college dropout, but he's a huge believer in education, and in 1989 established the nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science. FIRST sponsors lively annual competitions, where students form teams to create the best robot.
His focus now is on off-grid electricity and water purification for developing countries; another recent project, previewed at TED2007, is a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers (read an update here). He's also working on a power source for the wonderful Think car. And, with more funding in the works, we haven't seen the last of the Segway.
Dean Kamen | Speaker | TED.com