Nobel Peace Prize for Dean Kamen

[kawelch]

Why Peace... Nobel Prizes are given for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature, Economics as well as Peace.


181 names were submitted for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, 46 of which are organizations. The Nobel Committees in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize Committee for Economics each usually receives 250-300 names every year. The names of the nominees cannot be revealed until 50 years later.

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html

He may have been nominated and just not won.. We do not know.

[JasJ002]

One thing about the Segway a lot of people don't know about was that it's original intention was to be a system capable of giving handicaped people the ability to be more meanuverable, granted the "normal" segway has gotten a lot more press.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

When FIRST inspires over one million high school students in 50% of all countries, he may be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize. I think Woodie Flowers should share in the recognition, too.

Originally Posted by JasJ002

One thing about the Segway a lot of people don't know about was that it's original intention was to be a system capable of giving handicaped people the ability to be more meanuverable, granted the "normal" segway has gotten a lot more press.

This is why I LOVE the Segway, yet I DISLIKE the use of it.

[Erin Rapacki]

Funny that nobody has mentioned his iBOT wheelchair yet. The iBOT is far more fantastic than the Segway (I've ridden both for many hours each), and its out there helping people right now.

However, as for a Nobel Prize... its not impossible for FIRST people to find a way to nominate him. As for winning, that's up to the committee.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by JasJ002

One thing about the Segway a lot of people don't know about was that it's original intention was to be a system capable of giving handicaped people the ability to be more meanuverable, granted the "normal" segway has gotten a lot more press.

I think you've got the Segway and ibot confused. The ibot wheelchair was designed for handicapped to be able to navigate landscapes that they normally can't (quick example, stairs). The segway was supposed to "revolutionize personal travel".

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I think you've got the Segway and ibot confused. The ibot wheelchair was designed for handicapped to be able to navigate landscapes that they normally can't (quick example, stairs). The segway was supposed to "revolutionize personal travel".

More likely Jay has some knowledge of the early development stages. It is true some of Dean's earliest patent publications in this area (PCT applications dated more than ten years ago) describe mobility benefits for the disabled and depict embodiments that strongly resemble what later came to be called a Segway, in addition to some that strongly resemble what later came to be called an iBot.

The claims/goals related to revolutionizing personal travel were part of the wildly overblown "IT" publicity campaign, several years later.