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Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST, awarded the LEGO Prize

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2008-04-22 08:00:00 by LEGO Mindstorms - Whats New in Robotic-Lab.COM
...Dean Kamen the LEGO Prize for his passionate commitment to FIRST. It is 10 years ago we began a pilot project with FIRST LEGO League and in the intervening years it has simply grown and grown. From just a couple of hundred participants to more than 100,000! says Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen We are particularly proud to be able to honor Dean Kamen...
 
Tags: dean, lego, honor dean, lego league, kjeld kirk, people, people experience, unique glass bowl, future belongs
 
 
 
 
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All Things D: Dean Kamen on His Mind-Controlled Cyborg "Luke" Arm [All Things D]

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2008-05-29 15:04:44 by Brian Lam in Gizmodo
...Dean Kamen is being interviewed at All Things D now. He's here to talk about his cyborg prosthetic "Luke arm" . (It's named after Luke, yes, Skywalker.) Amazing. UPDATE: The full vid of Kamen's interview, including arm demonstration footage, is embedded below Dean says that fatalities are down because of battlefield tech and triage...
 
Tags: arm, luke, arm functions, arm directly, luke arm, dean, arm detect load, 9-pound arm, arm demonstration footage
 
 
 
 
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Update: Dean Kamen's Luke Arm

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2008-02-04 15:48:32 by Michael in Medgadget
Dean Kamen's project to design and build the most advanced arm prosthesis, now called the Luke Arm, has wrapped up its mandate, and DARPA, the sponsor of the project, will be deciding whether to continue funding the arm and apply for clinical trials. In order to make a better arm, Kamen first had to figure out what was wrong with the old one....
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, luke arm prosthetic, upper arm, average female arm, human arm, arm based, darpa arm, darpa
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen aims to clean water, generate electricity with Slingshot machine

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2008-04-23 18:02:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Dean Kamen's latest creation promises to do nothing short of producing clean water from virtually any liquid source (without filters) and generate enough electricity to power about 70 energy efficient light bulbs. What's more, Kamen estimates that the machines would cost between $1,000 and $2,000 which, given the number of people a single one...
 
Tags: clean water, slingshot machine, slingshot, electricity, dean, segway -like coverage, aims, colbert report, recent appearance
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen's Luke arm now has mind-control and 3D-spatial interfaces

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2008-05-29 15:18:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
...Dean Kamen spoke at D today about the latest developments in the Luke arm . Not that it wasn't already impressive enough, but Kamen's company, DEKA Research, has made even more amazing developments in the arm's interface, complementing the early mechanical controls with spatial and neural interfaces. The shot above was taken of a man with...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, spatial, dean, interface, non-invasive mind interface, 3d-spatial interfaces permalink, spatial interface, inventor extraordinaire dean
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamens Luke arm now has mind-control and 3D-spatial interfaces

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2008-05-29 20:18:00 by Ryan Block in
...Dean Kamen spoke at D today about the latest developments in the Luke arm . Not that it wasn't already impressive enough, but Kamen's company, DEKA Research, has made even more amazing developments in the arm's interface, complementing the early mechanical controls with spatial and neural interfaces. The shot above was taken of a man with...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, spatial, dean, interface, non-invasive mind interface, 3d-spatial interfaces permalink, spatial interface, inventor extraordinaire dean
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamens Luke arm now has mind-control and 3D-spatial interfaces

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2008-05-29 22:05:04 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...Dean Kamen spoke at D today about the latest developments in the Luke arm . Not that it wasnt already impressive enough, but Kamens company, DEKA Research, has made even more amazing developments in the arms interface, complementing the early mechanical controls with spatial and neural interfaces. The shot above was taken of a man with...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, spatial, 3d-spatial interfaces, control, mind-control, spatial interface, inventor extraordinaire dean, non-invasive mind interface
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamens Luke arm now has mind-control and 3D-spatial interfaces

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2008-05-29 20:18:00 by Ryan Block in Robotic-Lab.COM
...Dean Kamen spoke at D today about the latest developments in the Luke arm . Not that it wasn't already impressive enough, but Kamen's company, DEKA Research, has made even more amazing developments in the arm's interface, complementing the early mechanical controls with spatial and neural interfaces. The shot above was taken of a man with...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, spatial, dean, interface, non-invasive mind interface, 3d-spatial interfaces permalink, spatial interface, inventor extraordinaire dean
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen's robo-arm awaits clinical trials

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2008-02-02 15:27:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
...Dean Kamen's robo-prosthestesis came to be called the Luke arm (care to guess why?), and according to the IEEE Spectrum blog, it's gearing up to undergo Food and Drug Administration trials pending DARPA's final thumbs-up, which would put the project in motion. Be sure to check out the rest of the profile of the arm's development, which is...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, drug administration trials, ieee spectrum blog, final thumbs-up, undergo food, dean, profile, wearables