Editing Dean Kamen (section)

==Trivia==
[[File:Will I Am FIRST.TIF|thumb|[[Will.i.am]] speaking at the 2011 [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] kickoff at [[Southern New Hampshire University]] with Kamen]]
In 2007, his residence was a [[hexagon]]al, [[shed style]] mansion he dubbed Westwind,<ref name="wired"/> located in [[Bedford, New Hampshire]], just outside [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]]. The house has at least four levels and is very eclectically conceived, with such things as: hallways resembling [[mine shaft]]s; 1960s novelty furniture; a collection of vintage wheelchairs; [[spiral staircase]]s; at least one [[secret passage]]; an observation tower; a fully equipped machine shop; and a huge [[cast iron]] [[steam engine]] which once belonged to [[Henry Ford]] (built into the multi-story center atrium of the house) which Kamen is working to convert into a [[Stirling engine]]-powered [[kinetic sculpture]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} Kamen owns and pilots an [[Embraer Phenom 300]] light jet aircraft<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=116DK| title= N-Number Inquiry Results| access-date= September 1, 2013| archive-date= July 14, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201623/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=116DK| url-status= dead}}</ref> and three [[Enstrom Helicopter Corporation|Enstrom]] helicopters, including a [[Enstrom 280|280FX]], a [[Enstrom 480|480]], and a 480B.<ref>{{Cite web | url= http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=36DK | title= N-Number Inquiry Results | access-date= September 1, 2013 | archive-date= July 14, 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225327/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=36DK | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="aircraftinquiry1">{{Cite web|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=46DK|title=N-Number Inquiry Results|access-date=September 1, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225226/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=46DK|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=56DK|title=N-Number Inquiry Results|access-date=September 1, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200241/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=56DK|url-status=dead}}</ref> He regularly commutes to work via his helicopters and had a hangar built into his house.<ref>''[[Iconoclasts (TV series)|Iconoclasts]]'', Season 2, Show #10. Isabella Rossellini and Dean Kamen, November 16, 2006.</ref> In 2016 he flew as a passenger in a [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|B-2 Spirit bomber]] at [[Whiteman Air Force Base|Whiteman AFB]], marking the opening of the [[FIRST Stronghold|2016 FRC World Championship]] in St. Louis.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160426005009/en/founder-Dean-Kamen-flies-B-2-Spirit-Whiteman |title= FIRST founder, Dean Kamen, flies in B-2 Spirit At Whiteman AFB maintained by FIRST alumni |website= businesswire.com |access-date= May 3, 2016 |date= April 26, 2016}}</ref>

He is the main subject of ''Code Name Ginger: the Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World'', a nonfiction narrative book by journalist Steve Kemper published by Harvard Business School Press in 2003 (released in paperback as ''Reinventing the Wheel'').<ref name= CodeNG />

His company, DEKA, annually creates intricate mechanical presents for him. The company has created a robotic chess player, which is a mechanical arm attached to a chess board, and a vintage-looking computer with antique wood, and a converted typewriter as a keyboard. In addition, DEKA has received funding from [[DARPA]] to work on a brain-controlled prosthetic limb called the [[Luke Arm]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/06/new_luke_arm_video.html|title=New Luke Arm Video| work= Medgadget.com| access-date=March 11, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090112152448/http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/06/new_luke_arm_video.html |archive-date= January 12, 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kamen is a member of the [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]]'s Advisory Board<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors |title= Advisors |website= usasciencefestival.org| publisher= [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]] |access-date=May 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005310/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors/ |archive-date=April 21, 2010 }} retrieved July 5, 2010</ref> and is also a member of the Xconomists, an ad hoc team of editorial advisors for the tech news and media company, [[Xconomy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.xconomy.com/about/#The%20Xconomists| title= About Our Mission, Team, and Editorial Ethics |work=Xconomy.com |access-date=January 2, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> He is also on the Board of Trustees of the [[X Prize Foundation]].

''[[Dean of Invention]]'', a TV show on [[Planet Green]], premiered on October 22, 2010. It starred Kamen and correspondent [[Joanne Colan]], in which they investigate new technologies,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/dean-of-invention/about-the-show-2.html |title= About Dean Of Invention: A New Show Dedicated To The World's Greatest Scientific Breakthroughs Of Today| website= planetgreen.discovery.com}}</ref>

Kamen was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speaker Lineup Confirmed for Congress of Future Scientists and Technologists|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/speaker_lineup_confirmed_for_congress_of_future_scientists_and_technologists/prweb12547843.htm|website=PRWeb|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>

In the [[2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire]], Kamen endorsed [[Kelly Ayotte]], appearing in an ad supporting her.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0cvE3uvj4&list=LL&index=1 | title="One of Us" &#124; Kelly Ayotte &#124; New Hampshire | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>