Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen
Dean L. Kamenis an American entrepreneur and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 April 1951
CityRockville Centre, NY
CountryUnited States of America
sports hero kids
In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.
organization innovation needs
Innovation needs to be nurtured throughout an organization. Management is doing things right, whereas leadership is doing the right things.
money loses my-own
I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.
technology ideas office
A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention
becoming
It’s not what you do – it’s what you are becoming.
inspiration heart letters
Inspiration comes from the heart. The letter ‘I’ is the heart of F”I”RST… (F Inspiration R S T).
sometimes crash
Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.
educational thinking america
Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.
mistake writing simple
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
real trying world
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.
crazy thinking people
I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.
producers entropy humans
I'm a human entropy producer.
turns indication ifs
If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
technology want able
Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.