American - Inventor | April 5, 1951 -
Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.
Dean Kamen
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A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention.
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If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it.
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I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.
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More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.
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When I'm told absolutely no, it's a definite maybe.
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You can't look at the problem and say, 'I want them to do more, better, faster miracles - and not invest in research, not invest in development, and have those miracles delivered to me free.' It's unrealistic.
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People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
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Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.
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Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.
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I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.
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Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
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