Dean Kamen and will.i.am talk at NPR

[bam-bam]

Dean Kamen and will.i.am had recently talked to NPR about "I Am First: Science Is Rock 'n' Roll." (http://www.npr.org/2011/08/12/139579618/technologys-odd-couple-teams-up-for-science)

Best excerpt from the program from will.i.am:

"There's this one guy named Edgar, it changed his life. He was going to be a gangster on drugs. He had a child. And U.S. FIRST changed his life. Now he's going to make prosthetic hearts. Like how do you go from that? How do you go from I was going to go down this route, and now I'm going down this route, which they're not even connected."

[Taylor]

Good link, Rei.

will.i.am really, truly gets it. It took me about 4 years.

[PayneTrain]

Wow, he put his own money to buy a block of network television. Wow.

I mean, that's... indescribable. I know he has quite the net worth, but that's no small potatoes.

[lynca]

Everyone should thank will.i.am for single-handily putting up money and his time to promote FIRST !

This is the most publicity for Science since NASA launched space shuttles !