R&D Magazine’s 2006 Innovator of the Year
Posted on August 21, 2006 Comments (1)
R&D Magazine’s 2006 Innovator of the Year
A self-taught physicist, with more than 150 patents, Kamen is obviously knowledgeable about what works in the world of science and technology.
Kamen’s latest endeavors involve bringing clean drinking water and cheap electricity to those who don’t have access to either. More than a billion people, or nearly 20% of the world’s population don’t have access to clean drinking water. And even more, 1.6 billion or about one out of every four people on this planet don’t have electricity. Continuing his emphasis on healthcare, Kamen points out that with clean water, you can eliminate more than 75% of those people’s health problems and diseases.
Prevoius post on Kamen’s work with electricity and drinking water for all. Kamen also founded FIRST (see previous post: 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition Regional Events).
Some previous posts on that topic: Engineers in the Workplace – The Future is Engineering – Economic Benefits of Engineering – U.S. Slipping on Science.
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October 27th, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
“the Stirling [engine] is a marvel of thermo-dynamics that could help to replace the internal combustion engine – in theory it can turn any source of heat into electricity, in silence and with 100 per cent efficiency…”