Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
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Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
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Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#2Thanks for posting this! Extremely interesting.
Here's another very interesting story involving Dean Kamen, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos:
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#3I found this to be really touching. Dean's work is just amazing. I wish I could give this 100 or even 1000 karma points. It's not just the technology and the ingenuity, but the fact that he's helping people who are beyond help. I'm truly inspired.
HN talks a lot about startups and I'm sure most of HN's readers dream of their own startup. Something to think about before taking the plunge is "What benefit is this startup offering?" It can't be just to "make a lot of money". That's why I like what Dean has done. Sure he has made a lot of money, but look at how much he's helped people.
They solve some really tough problems, but the rewards are unbelievable. The video show's a guy named Chuck who has no arms and hasn't fed himself in 13 years, feeding himself. I mean can you even put a price on that kind of reward.
That's the kind of thing that drives you. That keeps you going even when things seem hopeless.
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#4At one point in the interview Dean says that's he's naive. That's a great thing since anybody else would write what he's accomplished off as impossible without even trying.
Not to take anything away from his work on the arm but I find his comments on the US's education system and our cultural values from the last two videos the most interesting.
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#5Thanks for posting this! Extremely interesting. Here's another very interesting story involving Dean Kamen, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3533.html
This excerpt was awesome. Thanks for posting.
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#6At one point in the interview Dean says that's he's naive. That's a great thing since anybody else would write what he's accomplished off as impossible without even trying. Not to take anything away from his work on the arm but I find his comments on the US's education system and our cultural values from the last two videos the most interesting.
I agree. Barring absurdly high levels of natural talent, wanting to do well at something is the first step to doing it. It amazes me that this point has been lost on a lot of people.
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#7Thanks for posting this! Extremely interesting. Here's another very interesting story involving Dean Kamen, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3533.html
This excerpt was awesome . Thanks for posting.
Agreed. Any man who can listen to Jobs prattle on about imacs and then tell him that his invention sucks, but simply take it in stride as one guy's opinion...
Much respect to Dean. Wow.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
This excerpt was awesome . Thanks for posting.
Agreed. Any man who can listen to Jobs prattle on about imacs and then tell him that his invention sucks, but simply take it in stride as one guy's opinion... Much respect to Dean. Wow.
I would say, much respect to Jobs, given that his analysis seems to be correct in retrospect.
E.g.:
"You're sure your market is upscale consumers for transportation?" said Jobs.
Turns out Segways weren't a hit with the target market and they ended up selling to enterprises and mailmen. Bezos had some good analysis too saying the real question is whether it would be legal to ride them - in many places it was illegal to drive Segways on either sidewalks or roads.
Of course, I don't have their initial presentations so it's possible they were already expecting these to be their main problems. I just think it's unfair to call it "prattling on" when in fact they were giving some pretty accurate analysis on why the product wouldn't be a success.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. Any man who can listen to Jobs prattle on about imacs and then tell him that his invention sucks, but simply take it in stride as one guy's opinion... Much respect to Dean. Wow.
I would say, much respect to Jobs, given that his analysis seems to be correct in retrospect. E.g.: "You're sure your market is upscale consumers for transportation?" said Jobs. Turns out Segways weren't a hit with the target market and they ended up selling to enterprises and mailmen. Bezos had some good analysis too saying the real question is whether it would be legal to ride them - in many places it was illegal t…
The respect wasn't about who was right. Jobs is right a lot. That's why I think its cool that Dean pushed on and believed in his invention anyway. The world might just not be "hot, flat and crowded" enough for Segway yet.
I wonder what I might do if I had an invention and Steve Jobs told me it sucked, or if I got Bill Gates' trademark "thats the stupidest f*cking idea I've heard since I've been at Mircosoft." Considering their advice, shrugging my shoulders and then pressing on anyway might not be high on the list.
Re: Dean Kamen on The Luke Arm. Simply Amazing.
#10At one point in the interview Dean says that's he's naive. That's a great thing since anybody else would write what he's accomplished off as impossible without even trying. Not to take anything away from his work on the arm but I find his comments on the US's education system and our cultural values from the last two videos the most interesting.
I agree. Barring absurdly high levels of natural talent, wanting to do well at something is the first step to doing it. It amazes me that this point has been lost on a lot of people.