Name: To invent is to give
Uploaded: 2007-04-05T00:11:00Z
Duration: 19 min 53 s
Description: Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries).

Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries).

To invent is to give

Solving transportation’s big challenges requires more than faster cars and highways. Half of the world’s population now lives in cities, where people spend up to 95 percent of their energy moving on foot. Cars that once cleaned up city streets now fill them with pollution, congestion, and inefficiency—43 percent of refined fuel in the US is burned in urban traffic. Making cities truly livable demands new ways to connect people to their destinations, especially in those crucial final blocks.

Rethinking Urban Mobility Means Reinventing The Last Mile

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TED Stage Talk

Dean Kamen: To invent is to give