Water Purifier by Inventor Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen is a prolific American inventor and entrepreneur. He is perhaps best known for being the creater of the Segway, a two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter system. Kamen has been tinkering with technology and inventing new products since his teenage years. He loves technology and through a program he founded call FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) he is introducing many high school students to the idea that science and engineering are exciting.
Kamen is also tackling one of the big challenges facing mankind — how to provide adequate clean water for our expanding population. Today, over a billion people do not have access to clean water, so providing solutions are a pressing need. Kamen has been looking at developing portable systems, that will work under harsh conditions and are extremely energy efficient. To address this goal, Kamen and his team of engineers at DEKA have created a product that contains two components, a water purifier called Slingshot that requires minimal energy and a Stirling engine based power generator that is fueled by cow dung.
November 19, 2009 at 10:01 pm