Dean Kamen on The Colbert Report (April 5th, 2010)

[Nawaid Ladak]

Good Interview

I like how Colbert brought up FIRST instead of dean plugging it in.

also, Colbert asked if the GA dome would be full, and Dean silently dodged the question. Im hoping Dean can answer that question with a resounding "yes" in a few years.... that is if we continue to do this years Homework.

[RoseJ]

Gotta love how Colbert mentioned the jeans and denim shirt~ XD

[kevin.li.rit]

I didn't know that Dean Kamen had 3 arms.

[RoseJ]

Well, he does now~

[DarkFlame145]

Originally Posted by RoseJ

Gotta love how Colbert mentioned the jeans and denim shirt~ XD

It is a Dean specialty

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by RoseJ

Gotta love how Colbert mentioned the jeans and denim shirt~ XD

Haha yeah. I thought that was perfect. Now it was actually publicized on television.

[synth3tk]

Here's the link to only the interview portion of the show:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...010/dean-kamen

[StuMac]

for us Canadians, Colbertnation won't play in Canada, use the comedy network link instead: http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows....aspx?sid=3351

[Brandon_L]

Apparently this wasn't his first time on the show

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...006/dean-kamen

[TVwazhere]

im watching it now =D S.C. is so funny

[J_Miles]

I really enjoyed the section of the show. Dean Kamen has once again come through with something truly incredible with this arm. I also gotta love the shout out to FIRST in there, but he didn't talk about it as much as I thought he would. Great segment. Hopefully FRC and other FIRST events continue to gain exposure, so that soon enough I won't have to be explaining to most people who ask that we don't build "Battle Bots"

[Wayne TenBrink]

I am an engineer for Kaydon, a manufacturer of specialty "thin section" bearings. This morning I got a call from one of the engineers at DEKA. Apparently the Luke arm uses our bearings, and he wanted to spec out a modified version for the next generation of the arm. It is very gratifying to play even a small role in something as cool as this.

Many years ago I worked on some bearings for Dave Lavery's "other car".

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

Good Interview

I like how Colbert brought up FIRST instead of dean plugging it in.

also, Colbert asked if the GA dome would be full, and Dean silently dodged the question. Im hoping Dean can answer that question with a resounding "yes" in a few years.... that is if we continue to do this years Homework.

If we don't fill the dome this year, perhaps by the time we get back to Atlanta (2014?) the teams may be big enough to do it. Dean's homework notwithstanding, it's hard enough to get attendance at a 3-hour baseball game but impossible without beer. So 8 hours of mechanical mayhem without alcohol will be a real tough sell to non-relatives of the participants. Sorry, Dean, it will be easier to make those 150 pound machines fly than to fill the Georgia Dome. Unless of course someone dares to play the trump card - cheerleaders!

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

If we don't fill the dome this year, perhaps by the time we get back to Atlanta (2014?) the teams may be big enough to do it. Dean's homework notwithstanding, it's hard enough to get attendance at a 3-hour baseball game but impossible without beer. So 8 hours of mechanical mayhem without alcohol will be a real tough sell to non-relatives of the participants. Sorry, Dean, it will be easier to make those 150 pound machines fly than to fill the Georgia Dome. Unless of course someone dares to play the trump card - cheerleaders!

LOL!

But I completely agree with you. It is very hard to fill an event that runs two days for hours. Expos are full with people coming in and checking out the event and then leaving. I even can't wait until the last match some days I'm tired and done watching robots.

It is a good idea and we can all definitely work on getting the stands fuller, but a full house might just be out of reach for a long long time.

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

LOL!

But I completely agree with you. It is very hard to fill an event that runs two days for hours. Expos are full with people coming in and checking out the event and then leaving. I even can't wait until the last match some days I'm tired and done watching robots.

It is a good idea and we can all definitely work on getting the stands fuller, but a full house might just be out of reach for a long long time.

if we could get them to come for the Einstein Finals.... I've seen the 100's and 200's fill up on the Einstein side. hopefully this year, we can get the 300's filled.... that is if Security lets us