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| Ginger
is the work of the New Hampshire entrepreneur Dean Kamen, who invented a
plastic kidney dialysis machine and later a versatile wheelchair that
climbs stairs and stands on two wheels Kamen said the two-wheeled scooterlike vehicle is "like a pair of magic sneakers" because the passenger moves by thinking forward or backward -- as if walking -- without falling "This is the world's first self-balancing human transporter," Kamen said. "It does what a human does -- it has gyros and sensors that act like your inner ear; it has a computer that does what your brain does for you. |
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that do what your muscles do for you. It's got those tires that do what
your feet do for you." Kamen said the invention -- called the Segway HT -- will be going out in limited quantities over the next few weeks, and by the end of next year, it should be widely available. The price is expected to be around $3,000. |
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| Investing icon John Doerr has called Kamen a blend of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Apple Computer's Steve Jobs was quoted as saying that people will erect entire cities around "IT." Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has taken a special liking to the invention, featuring it on Amazon's Web site |
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| News of Ginger was first uncovered when it was revealed that the Harvard Business School Press had offered Kamen $250,000 to chronicle the making of Ginger in a book with the help of a writer. Kamen's work is based out of a Manchester, New Hampshire, lab called DEKA Research |
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Inside the Segaway - how does Dean Kamen's self balancing
"HUMAN TRANSPORTER" acheive this magic ? |
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