Editing Dean Kamen

{{short description|American businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Dean Kamen
| image              = Dean Kamen visits Team Whiteman 160426-F-TQ704-039 (cropped).jpg
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| caption            = Kamen at [[Whiteman Air Force Base]] on April 26, 2016
| birth_name         = Dean Lawrence Kamen
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|05|mf=yes}}<ref name=mit>{{cite web|url=http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/dean-kamen|title=Dean Kamen|publisher=[[Lemelson–MIT Prize]]|access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Rockville Centre, New York]], U.S.<ref name=mit />
| known for          = Invention of the [[IBOT|iBot Wheelchair]], the [[Segway PT|Segway]] and founder of [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]]<br>[[North Dumpling Island]]
| awards             = [[Hoover Medal]] {{small|(1995)}}<br/>
[[Heinz Award]] in Technology, the Economy and Employment {{small| (1999)}}<br/>
[[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]] {{small|(2000)}}<br/>
[[Lemelson–MIT Prize]] {{small|(2002)}}<br/>
[[ASME Medal]] {{small|(2007)}}<br/>
Lindbergh Award {{small|(2011)}}<br/>
[[The Tech Awards|Global Humanitarian Award]] {{small|(2013)}}
| nationality        = American
}}

'''Dean Lawrence Kamen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|m|ɪ|n}}; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the [[Segway PT|Segway]] and [[iBOT]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Dean Kamen {{!}} Biography, Pictures and Facts|url=https://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/dean-kamen|website=Famous Entrepreneurs|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> as well as founding the non-profit organization [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] with [[Woodie Flowers]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thoughtco.com/dean-kamen-profile-1992041|title=Biography of Dean Kamen, American Engineer and Inventor|last=Longley|first=Robert}}</ref><ref name="Cullinane, Maeve">{{Cite web|url=https://thetech.com/2011/04/08/woodieflowers-v131-n18|title=Afterhours with Woodie Flowers|last=Cullinane, Maeve|website=The Tech|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> Kamen holds over 1,000 patents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/dean-kamen-doesnt-have-450-patents-he-has-way-more|title=Dean Kamen Doesn't Have 450 Patents (He Has Way More)|website=PCMAG|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

==Early life and family==
Kamen was born on [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to a [[Jewish]] family.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/63620/|title=Segway inventor Dean Kamen brings his high-tech vision to Israel |last= Kraft| first= Dina|newspaper=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|date=April 24, 2008|access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref> 
His father was [[Jack Kamen]], an illustrator for ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'', ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'' and other [[EC Comics]] publications. During his teenage years, Kamen was already being paid for his ideas; local bands and museums paid him to build light and sound systems. His annual earnings reached $60,000 before his high school graduation.<ref name=":2" />

He attended [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]], but in 1976<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pure Genius: How Dean Kamen's Invention Could Bring Clean Water To Millions {{!}} Richard Dawkins Foundation|url=https://www.richarddawkins.net/2014/06/pure-genius-how-dean-kamens-invention-could-bring-clean-water-to-millions/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.richarddawkins.net|date=June 17, 2014}}</ref> quit before graduating, after five years of private advanced research for the [[insulin pump]] AutoSyringe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?p=1&edit_alert=&srch=xprtsrch&query_txt=IN%2F%22kamen+dean%22&uspat=on&usapp=on&date_range=all&stemming=on&sort=chron&search=Search| title=AutoSyringe|publisher=freepatentsonline.com|access-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| website= mit.edu| url= http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-02LMP.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030306163546/http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-02LMP.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= March 6, 2003|title=$500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Awarded To Dean Kamen |publisher= Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering|access-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:clinton-kamen.jpg|thumb|left|President [[Bill Clinton]] and Kamen in the [[White House]], Kamen riding the [[iBOT]] Mobility System]]

===Inventions===
Kamen is known best for inventing the product that eventually became known as the [[Segway PT]], an electric, self-balancing human transporter with a computer-controlled [[gyroscope|gyroscopic]] stabilization and control system. The device is balanced on two parallel wheels and is controlled by moving body weight. The machine's development was the object of much speculation and hype after segments of a book quoting [[Steve Jobs]] and other notable [[information technology]] visionaries espousing its society-revolutionizing potential were leaked in December 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Heilemann |first1=John |title=Reinventing the Wheel |url=http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=May 7, 2019 |date=December 2, 2001}}</ref>

Kamen was already a successful inventor: his company ''Auto Syringe'' manufactures and markets the first drug [[infusion pump]].<ref name= CodeNG>{{Cite book|title=Code Name Ginger: the story behind Segway and Dean Kamen's quest to invent a new world| first= Steve|last=Kemper|publisher=Harvard Business School Press|isbn=1-57851-673-0|year=2003}}</ref>{{rp|13}}  His company [[DEKA (company)|DEKA]] also holds patents for the technology used in portable [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]] machines, an insulin pump (based on the drug infusion pump technology),<ref name= CodeNG />{{rp|19}} and an all-terrain electric [[wheelchair]] known as the [[iBOT]], using many of the same gyroscopic balancing technologies that later made their way into the Segway.

[[File:Dean kamen.jpg|thumb|left|Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway|200px]]
[[File:Kamen still.JPG|thumb|right|Kamen Stirling Generator 10 coupled to Water Still 12 (from {{US patent|7,340,879}})]]
Kamen has worked extensively on a project involving [[Stirling engine]] designs, attempting to create two machines: one that would generate power, and the [[Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)|Slingshot]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pure Genius: How Dean Kamen's Invention Could Bring Clean Water To Millions|url=https://www.popsci.com/article/science/pure-genius-how-dean-kamens-invention-could-bring-clean-water-millions/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Popular Science|date=June 16, 2014|language=en}}</ref> that would serve as a [[water purification]] system.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/colbert-and-kam|title=Colbert and Kamen Solve the World's Water Problems|last=Whitesides|first=Loretta Hidalgo|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]|date=March 25, 2008| access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>  He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries.<ref name= "wired">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen_pr.html|title=Breakout Artist |first= Scott| last= Kirsner| magazine= [[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]|date=January 9, 2000|access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{Cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/22/dean-kamen-interview|title=Segway inventor on future technology |first= Mark|last=Harris|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> Kamen has a [[patent]] on his water purifier,<ref>{{US patent|7340879}}</ref> and other patents pending.  In 2014, the film ''SlingShot'' was released, detailing Kamen's quest to use his vapor compression distiller to fix the world's water crisis.<ref>{{Cite web| title= About{{!}}SlingShot|url= http://www.slingshotdoc.com/about-slingshot-dean-kamen/|website= slingshotdoc.com |access-date= January 4, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101455/http://www.slingshotdoc.com/about-slingshot-dean-kamen/| archive-date= March 4, 2016|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

Kamen is also the co-inventor of a [[pneumatics|compressed air]] device that would launch a human into the air in order to quickly launch [[SWAT]] teams or other emergency workers to the roofs of tall, inaccessible buildings.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/man_slinger|title=DARPA plots emergency man-cannon|first=Chris|last=Williams| work=[[The Register]]| date= May 16, 2006| access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{USPTO Application|docnum=20060086349}}</ref>

In 2009 Kamen stated that his company [[DEKA (company)|DEKA]] was now working on [[solar power]]ed inventions.<ref name= "guardian"/>

Kamen and DEKA also developed the DEKA Arm System or "[[Luke Arm|Luke]]", a [[prosthetic]] arm replacement that offers its user much more fine motor control than traditional prosthetic limbs. It was approved for use by the US [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) in May 2014, and DEKA is looking for partners to mass-produce the prosthesis.<ref>{{cite web |last= Lawler| first= Richard|title=FDA approves a life-like prosthetic arm from the man who invented the Segway |url= https://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/luke-bionic-arm-approved-by-fda| website= [[Engadget]]| date=September 5, 2014 |access-date= August 25, 2019}}</ref>

===FIRST===
In 1989, Kamen founded [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization intended to build students' interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ([[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]]). In 1992, working with MIT Professor Emeritus [[Woodie Flowers]], Kamen created the [[FIRST Robotics Competition]] (FRC), which evolved into an international competition that by 2020 had drawn 3,647 teams and more than 91,000 students.{{sfn|Stone|2007|pp=204–205}}<ref name="Cullinane, Maeve"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/frc/game-and-season-info/competition-manual/2020/frc20-fr023-season-facts.pdf|title=2020 Season Facts|date=2 January 2020|website=FIRST}}</ref>

FIRST organizes robotics competition leagues for students in grades K-12, including FIRST LEGO League Discover for ages 4–6, [[FIRST Lego League Explore|FIRST LEGO League Explore]] for younger elementary school students, [[FIRST Lego League Challenge|FIRST LEGO League Challenge]] for older elementary school and middle school students, [[FIRST Tech Challenge]] (FTC) for middle and high school students, and [[FIRST Robotics Competition]] (FRC) for high school students.<ref>[http://www.usfirst.org/ FIRST Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003051426/http://www.usfirst.org/ |date=October 3, 2011 }} – accessed December 23, 2009</ref> In 2017, FIRST held its first Olympics-style competition – FGC ([[FIRST Global Challenge]]) – in Washington, D.C.

In 2010, Kamen called FIRST the invention he is most proud of, and said that 1 million students had taken part in the contests.<ref name="Economist">{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/node/16295592?story_id=16295592|title=Brain scan: Mr Segway's difficult path| first= Mark|last=Harris|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=June 10, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref>

=== Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute ===
In 2017, Kamen founded the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armiusa.org/|title=Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute|website=Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> and launched BioFabUSA,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes/biofabusa|title=BioFabUSA|website=Manufacturing USA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> a [[Manufacturing USA]] Innovation Institute with an $80 million grant from the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. BioFabUSA's mission is to "...''make practical the large-scale manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones"''<ref name=":0" /> In addition to DoD funding, Kamen brought together a consortium of private sector entities to form a [[Public–private partnership|public-private partnership]] which pledged $214M additional private dollars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/192860/dod_funded_advanced_regenerative_manufacturing_institute_opens_its_doors_to_the_future|title=DOD-funded Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute opens its doors to the future|website=www.army.mil|date=August 24, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

In early 2020, ARMI was awarded a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the first Foundry for American Biotechnology,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/10/hhs-pioneers-first-foundry-for-american-biotechnology.html|title=HHS Pioneers First Foundry for American Biotechnology|date=2020-02-10|website=HHS.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417013424/https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/10/hhs-pioneers-first-foundry-for-american-biotechnology.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> known as NextFab<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/press-2020/20200214-first-foundry-biotechnology.htm|title=First Foundry for American Biotechnology Launched in New Hampshire {{!}} Governor Christopher T. Sununu|website=www.governor.nh.gov|access-date=2020-04-16}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> "to produce technological solutions that help the United States protect against and respond to health security threats, enhance daily medical care, and add to the U.S. [[Biobased economy|bioeconomy]]".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bookman |first=Todd |date=2023-11-19 |title=Dean Kamen's private companies reap millions from the federally funded nonprofit he runs |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-11-19/dean-kamen-companies-reap-millions-from-federally-funded-nonprofit-he-runs |access-date=2023-11-20 |work=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>

===Awards===
Kamen has won numerous awards. He was elected to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1997 for inventing and commercializing biomedical devices and fluid measurement and control systems, and for popularizing engineering among young people. In 1999 he was awarded the 5th Annual [[Heinz Award]] in Technology, the Economy and Employment,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/dean-kamen| publisher= The Heinz Awards| title= Dean Kamen | website= heinzawards.net}}</ref> and in 2000 received the National Medal of Technology from then [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] for inventions that have advanced medical care worldwide. In April 2002, Kamen was awarded the [[Lemelson-MIT Prize]] for inventors, for his invention of the Segway and of an infusion pump for diabetics. In 2003 his "Project Slingshot", an inexpensive portable [[water purification]] system, was named a runner-up for "coolest invention of 2003" by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.gartner.com/research/fellows/asset_55323_1176.jsp| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031221154717/http://www4.gartner.com/research/fellows/asset_55323_1176.jsp| url-status= dead| archive-date= December 21, 2003|title=The Gartner Fellows: Dean Kamen Interview| website= Gartner.com| date=October 30, 2003|access-date=March 11, 2009}}</ref>

In 2005 he was inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] for his invention of the AutoSyringe. In 2006 Kamen was awarded the "Global Humanitarian Action Award" by the [[United Nations]]. In 2007 he received the [[ASME Medal]], the highest award from the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/asme-medal|title=ASME Medal|publisher=[[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]]|access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> in 2008 he was the recipient of the [[IRI Achievement Award]] from the [[Industrial Research Institute]],<ref>{{cite web| url= http://204.178.115.136/iri/Public_Site/Navigation/About_IRI/newsroom/Dean_Kamen_Honored_with_IRI_2008_Achievement_Award.aspx| title= Dean Kamen Honored with IRI 2008 Achievement Award| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130925131156/http://204.178.115.136/iri/Public_Site/Navigation/About_IRI/newsroom/Dean_Kamen_Honored_with_IRI_2008_Achievement_Award.aspx| archive-date= September 25, 2013| publisher= Industrial Research Institute| access-date= February 8, 2012| url-status= dead}}Add'l archive URLs as primary is glitchy and numeric IP-based: https://archive.today/20130503043538/http://www.iriweb.org/Main/About_IRI/IRI_Awards/IRI_Achievement_Award/</ref> and in 2011 Kamen was awarded the [[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] in Mechanical Engineering of the [[Franklin Institute]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.fi.edu/franklinawards/11/bf_mechanical.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120801101740/http://www.fi.edu/franklinawards/11/bf_mechanical.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |title=Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering |year=2011 |publisher=[[Franklin Institute]] |access-date= December 23, 2011 }}</ref>

Kamen received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wpi.edu/news/dean-kamen-keynote-worcester-polytechnic-institutes-advanced-biomanufacturing-symposium-march |title= Symposium Keynote| work= wpi.edu |date= March 3, 2017|publisher=[[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute May 17, 1996,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commencement Speakers & Honorary Degree Recipients {{!}} Institute Archives and Special Collections |url=https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/commencement-speakers-honorary-degree-recipients?page=5 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=archives.rpi.edu}}</ref> a Doctor of Engineering degree from [[Kettering University]] in 2001,{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} an honorary Doctor of Science degree from [[Clarkson University]] on May 13, 2001,{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} an honorary "Doctor of Science" degree from the [[University of Arizona]] on May 16, 2009,{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} and an honorary doctorate from the [[Wentworth Institute of Technology]] when he spoke at the college's centennial celebration in 2004,{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} and other honorary doctorates from [[North Carolina State University]] in 2005,{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} [[Bates College]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |title=Citation for Dean Kamen |date=April 26, 2010 |url=https://www.bates.edu/commencement/annual/y2007/who-are-the-honorands/dean-kamen/citation-for-dean-kamen/ |publisher=[[Bates College]]|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref> the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/22251/oop08-006_Commencement_masters&under_5-08.pdf?sequence=1|title=Two Hundredth And Thirtieth Commencement Exercise|publisher=[[Georgia Institute of Technology]]|date=May 3, 2008|access-date=July 9, 2011}}</ref> the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] in 2008{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} the [[Plymouth State University]] in May 2008{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} and [[Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/graduation-responsibility-rose-hulman-stages-134th-commencement-exercises/article_dc8f901c-bc7e-5b45-9719-0f0daaa888af.html|title=Graduation 'responsibility': Rose-Hulman stages 134th commencement exercises|publisher=[[Tribune Star]]|date=May 27, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2022}}</ref> In 2015, Kamen received an honorary Doctor of Engineering and Technology degree from [[Yale University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yale.edu/2015/05/15/yale-awards-nine-honorary-degrees-commencement-2015|title=Yale awards nine honorary degrees at Commencement 2015|publisher=[[Yale University]]|date=May 15, 2015|access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, Kamen was honored with an institutional honorary degree from [[Université de Sherbrooke]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.usherbrooke.ca/genie/accueil/nouvelles/nouvelles-details/article/35557/|title=La 58e promotion et Dean Kamen à l'honneur |publisher= Université de Sherbrooke |language= fr |date= September 24, 2017| access-date= September 26, 2017}}</ref>

Kamen received the Stevens Honor Award on November 6, 2009, given by the [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] and the Stevens Alumni Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Heinz Awards :: Dean Kamen receives the Stevens Honor Award|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/news/dean-kamen-receives-the-stevens-honor-award|access-date=2020-12-22|website=www.heinzawards.net|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022155919/http://www.heinzawards.net/news/dean-kamen-receives-the-stevens-honor-award|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 14, 2013, he received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pioneering health-care technologist Dean Kamen named 2013 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award recipient |url=http://thetechawards.thetech.org/media_room/pioneering-health-care-technologist-dean-kamen-named-2013-james-c-morgan-global |work=TheTech.org |publisher= The Tech Museum of Innovation |access-date=November 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131003083600/http://thetechawards.thetech.org/media_room/pioneering-health-care-technologist-dean-kamen-named-2013-james-c-morgan-global |archive-date= October 3, 2013 }}</ref>

Kamen received the 2018 Public Service Award from the [[National Science Board]], honoring his exemplary public service and contributions to the public's understanding of science and engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Science Board|url=http://www.nsf.gov/nsb|access-date=2020-12-22|website=National Science Board}}</ref>

==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>

==See also==
* [[Insulin pump]]
* [[North Dumpling Island]]
* [[Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)|SlingShot]]

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===Works cited===
* {{cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad |title=Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports |year=2007 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4165-8732-3}}

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