Segway creator Dean Kamen unveils newest invention
From Fri 2/28/2003 12:50 PM
Dean Kamen, the man behind the Segway human transporter, unveiled his latest invention -- a portable water purifier for $1500 along with a generator for $3700 -- at the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, according to this San Francisco Chronicle story:
The purifier, combined with a new portable power generator also being produced by Kamen's Deka Research & Development Corp. of New Hampshire, could bring needed low-cost electricity and water to areas suffering the most from shortages of both, Kamen said.
...In addition, he said spending money on such technology could do more to help reduce hatred against America than hoping technology can make the nation more secure.
...The company claims the purifier can convert 75 percent of seawater and up to 95 percent of contaminated water into drinkable water, but it acknowledges that it does not yet have outside verification of the purifier's reliability.