Some more great stuff from the great Dean Kamen. Not directly related to the environment, but he is a great thinker that has a part in shaping our future.
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Dean Kamen previews a new prosthetic arm | Video on TED.com
Published July 8, 2008 Blogroll Leave a CommentTags: dean kamen, prosthetics, video, invention, innovation, TED
Clean, Safe, Cheap Drinking Water
Published May 20, 2008 Blogroll 2 CommentsTags: water, water purification, water conservation, colbert report, dean kamen
Via Wired: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/colbert-and-kam.html
Dean Kamen, the prolific inventor of the segway, ibot, insulin pump, etc. has developed a water purification machine driven by the relatively obscure sterling engine. The above link profiles the “slingshot” and includes a video of Kamen on the Colbert report. Hilarity ensues…. 
Some great quotes from Dean Kamen:
“50% of all human disease is caused by water borne pathogens.”
“Just to make an ordinary bottle of water takes about 5 liters of water to make one liter of bottled water.”
“It takes 250 gallons of water going into a cow to make one quart of milk.”
