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henryBsick 12-09-2008 11:23

Dean Kamen's Luke Arm
 
Here is a video I found on Gizmodo today from All Things Digital.

Quite impressive stuff.

"Every time I start a big project in retrospect I realize how unbelievably naive and enthusiastic I was and probably that's a good thing because otherwise you wouldn't try to do these things."
-Dean Kamen

JVN 12-09-2008 14:34

Re: Dean Kamen's Luke Arm
 
I like the video where he talks about FIRST. One sequence in particular struck me as incredibly potent.

"We picked robots because they're visual, they're fun, and they're exciting when you make 'em. No pun intended, the robot was just a vehicle to connect kids to serious adults in a positive fun environment that was going to be at least as exciting and attractive to these kids as a football game, and they would see these world class thinkers and doers and builders. Each kid would see the Shaquille O'Neil of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems, thinking..."

Good food for thought, especially to those who believe this program is about a bunch of students building a robot.

DonRotolo 16-09-2008 22:38

Re: Dean Kamen's Luke Arm
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JVN (Post 765151)
Good food for thought, especially to those who believe this program is about a bunch of students building a robot.

It is, in fact, about a bunch of robots building kids...


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