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Before the Segway was Dean Kamen’s iBot wheelchair.

It would rise up on two wheels and balance so the rider was eye level with standing people. And it would go up and down stairs. Truly amazing IMO.

https://msu.edu/~luckie/segway/iBOT/iBOT.html

Totally unrelated I am now 35 and feel completely unfulfilled in life when I look at everything Kamen does. I would love to work at a full time research institute experimenting and innovating.




I give back by mentoring a FIRST Robotics high school team near me (another Dean Kamen project).




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