The Greatest Invention of All

[Gabriel]

I doubt that he reads these forums. I also doubt that he has any time to respond to personal correspondents. If you want to talk to him you will probably have to find an intermediary who knows you. I would suggest talking to your team leader and asking him/her to call their contact person at FIRST team support, someone who knows the team well. This contact person can probably connect you to someone in a better position, but if you hit a stonewall you can send a letter to media relations at DEKA or Segway. If you don't get a response to that I'd recommend having your team leader cold-call someone high up at FIRST (possibly Bob Hammond) (don't do this yourself or until you've tried everything else). Another possibility would be to call DEKA and ask to speak to Mr. Kamen's office. You'll probably need to work your way through a couple of secretaries here so be very nice and very professional. The person you want is Dean's secretary, not Dean himself.

Chances are you probably aren't going to get an interview. If you needed help getting a Segway fixed or starting a team, this process might help you, but I'm willing to guess that Dean Kamen's time is a very, very precious commodity, you might want to consider asking someone else.

Having said all of this you might want to reconsider your attitude towards Dean when writing your paper and conducting your interview. Having gone through the whole process of getting an hour of the man's time you $@#$@#$@#$@# well better write a good paper. That means be professional, don't go in with the attitude that Dean Kamen Is God, he isn't, he's something of a great man but he is as human as the rest of us, which means ask interesting and tough questions and challenge him for honest answers.