Dean Kamen is an interesting guy. I saw him the other day on the Colbert Report talking about his new filterless water purification system. I have some unanswered questions about that, but...
Here is some video of Kamen discussing his vision for robotics and some other things.
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=281
Speaking of robotics, how about robotic telesurgery? Cool stuff. Did you know that you can watch telesurgeries live? I just found this out.
http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/2008/03/25/robot_surgery_reassuring_or_scary.html
And in only marginally related news, the guy who invented the Supersoaker has come up with another good idea. This one is getting funded by NSF because it has the potential to basically double the efficiency of passive heat energy harvesting. It's kind of like a closed-system fuel cell with some engineering enhancements thrown in.
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar08/6079
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