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Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many places in the world where, as we've seen, they just won't do the job. The modern version of the Stirling engine has some very, very attractive characteristics, and we're trying to optimize it for some of those applications.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Applications Attractive Characteristics Clearly Diesel Engine Engines Job Just King Many Modern Optimize Places Seen Some Those Trying Version Very Where Will Win World

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Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We're developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people's lives.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Achievements Developing Devices Greatest Healthcare History Human Improve Incredible Intellect Lives Our People Quality Quantity Recording Seen Since Some Started System

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I remember, as a kid, thinking more about, you know, watching the world go by and being amazed by how both complex but consistent and elegant it was. You know, why, you know, when you put that cold glass of water on the table, it kind of warms up at a very predictable way.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: About Amazed Being Both Cold Complex Consistent Elegant Glass Go How Kid Kind Know More Predictable Put Remember Table Thinking Up Very Watching Water Way Why World You I Remember

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In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: About Because Cases Caught Fact Forget Important Innovation Inventions Playing Prohibit Some Supposed Technology Up

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New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Cheaper Ideas Literally New New Ideas Technology Than

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I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Became Changed Communicate Consider Data Innovation Invention Major Transmission Way

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My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: About Biggest Failure Many Talk Too

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Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Better Burn Crash Private Sometimes

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I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Else Lose Money My Own Own Rather Someone Than

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To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Fire Innovations Inventions Language Me Million Type Wheel

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: April 5th, 1951

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