I just realized that in my first blog post, I was supposed to post why I though the specific individual, Kamen, was chosen as the namesake for my team. Because there is no time like the present, I will fulfill this requirement now. I believe that my namesake is Dean L. Kamen. According to the non-official, non peer-reviewed source, Wikipedia, Dean Kamen is an inventor who is responsible for inventing such items as the Segway, water purification systems, compressed-powerd devices to launch humans, and the AutoSyringe (a mobile dialysis system).
Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The FIRST program was desinged to promote interest in science, technology, and engineering. FIRST holds a robotics competition across the world, and has many robotic programs (i.e. Lego Leagues, technology challenges and the robotics competition for high school students).
Kamen is most proud of his FIRST competition, which has included the involvement of approximaltey 1 million students, which he believes become inventors of “significant technological advances in years to come.”
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen#cite_note-Economist-6#cite_note-Economist-6
He was on the TODAY show last week. I watched the segment and was just amazed at his excitement towards science. I was also unfamiliar with his other inventions. Seeing that he invented the Segway made me laugh. He has a love and a passion for what he does. His interest in our future scientist was also a passion of his. too To see that someone who cares that much about a particular idea, shows something right there.
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