Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention

[@moyga]

I love how genuine this guy is. You can say he was a bad speaker because you expect sensationalism but I was entranced by his honesty and concern. I wish more people would speak like him, not with fancy power points and an entertainers stage presence, but from the heart with real meaning.

[@martinskruze]

This was one of best TED talks EVER. I do not care that guy is not talking as fast as usual TEDders, I do not care if there was not some fancy presentation. This was so shining, so pure and so moving. The story behind this is so powerful. This s TED at it's best - inspiriting and thought stimulating. Spectacular, shocking and moving. Thank you! Paldies!

[@dweller333]

AMAZING...I love his concern and honesty. Its good to know some people are determined to accomplish great things.

[@kght222]

This guy was on Colbert last night. I'd love to see him mention this talk some time this week on his program. This talk give much more detail on the plight that Kamen was drawn into.

[@Millenium722]

I met this man in person at the FIRST Robotics Competition, it was such an honor.

[@ry64209]

I did at worlds 2022 We were chosen to escort him around the FTC section and I shook his hand. My team was yelling at me to get to them, and nobody would tell me what was going on. Looking back, it was such an honor!

[@dzjad]

Truly Dean Kamen has been one of my hero for a long time. I wish they would have taken a closer look at my application.

[@Geotubest]

Best video I've seen on KZbin. Thanks Dean.

[@OrangePoetry]

I first heard about this project on the Colbert show, and I was a bit put-off even uninterested by the presentation. However, after watching this program Im glad that I follow TED--I can see how passionate he is now. Great Job, my respects, and keep at it--Your right, I thank the people who fight for our liberties more, and I respect you for helping them!

[@davidwild66]

A wonderful talk. Hard to believe that so few people have seen it and that 24 people didn't like it.

[@jrbigger]

First of all, this world needs more people like Dean Kamen. Secondly, the U.S. Government should provide anyone who has lost a limb while enlisted with a prosthetic device such as this. Frankly, I think it would be cheaper and these people deserve it for defending our country!

[@qones3574]

That last line haunts me to this day; a summary of the debt owed. [paraphrased] "What we have for them is WAY better than it was, but no one here is envious. I will not stop until *healthy* people are envious of *their* arms." This is why intentionally donate real money to any medical research charity that will build these technologies.

[@Prestonboy13]

I honestly thought he was gonna burst into tears every 5 seconds

[@kinsmed]

Really great selection of talks lately.

[@ajivealive]

It looks like it took a lot for this man to speak, and I'm glad he did

[@HiAdrian]

Great talk, can't agree with the viewers who found it boring. It might be at a slower pace than usual, but full of meaningful content.

[@HSfox]

People helping people, no matter the circumstances. I don't like war, but I wouldn't like to have a missing arm. Some day this amazing piece of engineering will be available to all.

[@joshbuckler]

when he said "raisin" at first I heard "razor" and I was like "HE EATS THE RAZOR?!" but seriously, awesome project.

[@Qiyunima]

Great man with great soul

[@sebnagletaylor]

sounds like a cracking bloke, last few of these talks have been pretty good

[@molnes]

@molnes I ran out of characters there, I do think this man is a genius, and he should continue his work, and this is a great video. But my point about the quote remains.

[@KhmerH20]

came here after watching slingshot. good man

[@ThiagoOsses]

So as I, very nice guy to follow.

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@fjwjr "Permanent war protest mode", lmao, again I agree with you completely, that is the perfect word to describe my demeanor with regards to almost all war. I could have responded to the video like this: "What an excellent speech, Dean is such a compassionate man, you can really tell he cares!" and while I agree with the sentiment, the main thing I felt after watching it was regret for all the injured soldiers! I've tried to be clear but again I feel your comment makes no sense, "options"?WTF?

[@seawavel]

great person, great mind

[@P00P0STER0US]

The highest priority expenditure should be veteran's healthcare. I'm not a supporter of war, but, to those whose health is degraded in service, whatever is possible should be made available. Whatever is impossible should be made a research project.

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@fjwjr My comment criticizes War, I think you misunderstood it, when I said "What a complete waste of time the whole thing is" I was referring to the Wars in the middle east, not Dean. However, if you can't see that Deans speech does much to highlight the trajedy of war then theres no point explaining it to you!

[@jeffbrower68]

Had an idea: Could the Fukishima waste water be separated and the water steam off through DEKA distillation, powered by another reactor if safe, instead of running into the Pacific ocean? What if control rod material finely ground was fed into the core, even drilled with geological boring and fed a mile down? Also what about boronic water to cool, and pre-stage ion exchange with titanium oxide and salt before distillation to separate the waste before dumping the waste into the ocean? Maybe CA should be piping Atlantic water for desalination or distillation and keep the Pacific off tap for now. Also toilets.. If only toilets didn't contaminate all the wastewater with viruses and bacteria that even build a protective shell around them to even resist chlorine and which point of use filters say they remove from the incoming potable water. In naure purification at its finest is evaporation, collection of vapor- condensation, rains, sand filtration, water again, maybe DeKa has an affordable steam distillation solution which would add steam disinfection for a new toilet to reduse waste to a disposable solid in a disposable compartment with a disposable liner that reduces w human waste to a brick which goes to a landfill, like cat litter does, and whatever small amount of water and moisture used steams out, disinfected as water vapor, then the wastewater is not contaminated by sewage etc, and the rivers won't smell like each town, and we'll reduce the amount of ammonia in the gulf, and wastewater minus all the toilet contamination from even entering will be more easily cleaned for use in irrigation, and perhaps the future bottled water companies will also use ocean desalination until it can be pipes directly as potable water through existing supply lines, and towns could easily hook up to a main line running from ocean wave powered desalination through all 50 states, Though CA and the rest of the US should be piping from the Atlantic now and using ocean power, solar for desalination or distillation. And some places are re-uding waste water, going Toilet-to-Tap, their brains stopped there and went no further by to tell Rhine that's their best idea and it's great Back to the toilet, the waste line at the toilet connection could be separated from the rest of the household plumbing and go down to a pit, or collector in the basement or outside the house, where household water is separated from waste with DeKa distillation and the solid waste removed in self sealing disposable containers. It would eliminate a lot of treatment burden and treatment cost might go down on the city side, while rise a little on the users end, but with adjustments stay about the same per household.

[@Friemelkubus]

@noobenstein What you are basically saying is that people who were fighting for what they believed in *with all the good intentions* don't deserve to be helped. No matter how wrong their ideas were, there intentions were great so how can you say that ?

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@bryce64j No Bryce, haven't seen it, infact I didn't know it existed, I'll be sure to check it out though, thanks!

[@jeffbrower68]

Also couldn't the Fukishima waste water be separated and the water down through DEKA distillation, powered by another reactor if safe, before running into the Pacific ocean? What if control rod material finely ground was fed into the core, even drilled with geological boring and fed a mile down? Also what about boronic water to cool, and pre-stage ion exchange with titanium oxide and salt before distillation to separate the waste before dumping the waste into the ocean? Maybe CA should be piping Atlantic water for desalination or distillation and keep the Pacific off tap for now.

[@trackahead]

Amazing!

[@molnes]

@easytorememberme I merely stated that I disagree with that quote. The talk was inspiring and his work is brilliant, but I don't like people referring to unnecessary war crimes as something that enables Americans to have the luxury of complaining, and it's actually a quite a big deal in my opinion.

[@jasonlajoie]

But can it be set on automatic for a 'stranger'? Seriously though, this guy is a great inventor.

[@sk8wojo]

That man walked in front of me!!!

[@sugarkang]

kicks the crap outta the segway.

[@elminz]

"Dean Kamen: New prosthetic arm for veterans" Déjà vu

[@sileb13]

@b5e5n1n9y86 I agree, war is a disgrace, and in perfect world it wouldn't exist. However since we don't live in a perfect world and war will probably be around until the end of humanity this man's work is not a waste of time, it is just the opposite. This technology can give the victims of war, which soldiers are indeed, a gift that can help them live a life without the need for constant assistance. And just because you can't help everyone doesn't mean you shouldn't help anyone.

[@ratholin]

damned that guy is awesome!

[@liquidminds]

@alcidesflores79: I agree... They should return to the basics. When a president announces a War, he should jump in his battlesuit and be on the battlefield with his troops until the war has ended. Wonder if bush would have survived 8 years in iraq or afghanistan...

[@samborer2171]

Us soldiers do not decide the wars they fight, I think the word you are looking for is the politicians.

[@wookster77]

wow

[@Trazynn]

@Wormtail81 I'll accept it's simplistic, but I find it's best to fight simplistic statements with simplistic statements.

[@bathetcnow]

spend the resources avoiding war...avoiding insanity.

[@RichardRoy2]

@molnes I'd almost agree with you, but it igores the thing that should be humanly possible; peace. Lots of people are going to assume he means money to devolope these prosthetics. But he did alude to the fact that these wont be better than the original equipment, so, I think he was trying to say something without saying it. Let's let them keep their original equipment first. Let's keep them out of harms way. Let's not be imperialistic. I'd like to think that, anyway.

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@bryce64j Yep, seen them both, I found the first one particularly powerful, I try to watch alot of documentaries, you should check out the website sprword go to the must watch section. John Pilger makes excellent films, "The war on democracy" is brilliant. I recently downloaded "The new American century", haven't watched it yet but I've heard good things!

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@bryce64j Hey Bryce, Im aware of Jacque Frescos ideas and hold him in very high esteem, however, I do not honestly believe its within human nature to live in a society like the venus project, as pessimistic as it sounds I feel if history has taught us anything its that the shit always seems to rise to the top! The fact that there are wars and oppressive regimes just reminds us that as sophisticated as we might think we are, its still survival of the fittest. Im insulted by your use of "blatter".

[@fjwjr]

@b5e5n1n9y86 Are you kidding me? Your comment tells me that you just spent 19:33 with your fingers in your ears because you didn't hear a thing this man said after he started talking about war and soldiers. This guy made this as nonpolitical as possible, but that wasn't good enough for you and you missed the whole message. One that I'd be glad to explain to you, but if I have to, that means you'll NEVER understand it.

[@ReX0r]

The man without legs makes a good point. What happens if you're ambidextrous?

[@40caliber197]

ah now i feel like a dick. nah man it's cool i feel you. Some soldiers are sickos tho. i see and hear about it on the news. but the majority are great men.

[@Katalyzt]

Indeed ★★★★★

[@fjwjr]

@b5e5n1n9y86 You just can't not politicize it, can you? The way this man was moved and inspired by the spirit of people who he thought would feel helpless and hopeless is totally lost on you. OK, so you can handle it, just pretend he's talking about firefighters or policemen. (whoops, there's the word "fight" in there and police use guns so that doesn't work) How about if they are fishermen from the Deadliest Catch show? Would that help you?

[@roidroid]

Dean Kamen is a master marketer, and can manipulate people with skill. Everytime he has a long dramatic pause and looks down in hushed tones, all that's going through my mind is "This guy is a pretty good actor". I do not trust him.

[@82816a1]

cool 5/5

[@Shaunt1]

This guys is doing good work but the answer to whether or not we should be at war-now constant war is absolutely not. We're usually at war because of special interests and the military industrial complex.

[@Friemelkubus]

@noobenstein You are thinking in stereotypes and want to use it as an argument ? Are you kidding me ?

[@omghai2u]

this man is very introverted, hes shy. you guys enjoy him because the rest of the world is full of extroverted selfish people who speak to take the attention instead enlighten the crowd

[@trentharlem2486]

Kamen doesn't "need" anything... He was a millionaire inventor Before DARPA approached him.

[@pinochska]

dude speak faster for god's sake! on the other hand awesome info

[@firefox112233445566]

that is very immprisive

[@frane9r9r]

yayya

[@P00P0STER0US]

@nedfrichman Wow, obvious troll is obvious. Holy cow.

[@Friemelkubus]

@noobenstein First of all who are you talking about (old man ?). Second of all you are imposing your opinion onto others. Why they trusted him does not matter, you have no clue about their intentions either. Your general lack of psychological insight seems to prevent you from being empathic. I'll tell you this : Talk with those people, ask them why they did it and how they did it and once you've LISTENED to their story tell them without blinking that they don't deserve a new arm.

[@fjwjr]

@b5e5n1n9y86 No point in trying to talk to someone who's stuck in permanent war protest mode. I tried to give you some options so you could see what this man was really talking about, but you couldn't do it. Shame.

[@GetMeThere1]

@niginit: **...but how much money are you making from their perpetual suffering?** You need to realize that what you've said is ONLY a construct of your own mind--of your own cynicism, that is. If is FULLY as true and accurate to say "but how much money is he making helping to relieve their suffering?" Isn't doing good for others worth making a living? If it isn't, what is?

[@niginit]

Gee, isn't technology awesome, it literally does miracles. BUT, call me crazy, how miraculous would it be to stop kids from getting their arms blown off in the first place? Use the same inventive energy to stop wars from happening and you will do something far greater than give an amputee a new bionic arm. People like Dean get misty about helping soldiers with prosthetics, they're such troopers, yeah we get it, but how much money are you making from their perpetual suffering?

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

What a disgrace war is, really makes you feel sorry for those soldiers, worse still are the civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, noones making prosthetics for them. What a complete and utter waste of time the whole thing is!

[@samiminh]

great speech but some of his jokes are unneccessary

[@Friemelkubus]

@noobenstein Not everyone thinks everyone lies. While you are right about the political situation and how fucked up the world is I don't believe that changes the matter. They fought for what they believed in. You have no evidence to support your claim of "violent,agressive,... people only".

[@dxats505]

Fulligni invention...

[@bathetcnow]

@RationalPeace if god exists then eliminate war.

[@crudhousefull]

They will be stopped militarily by an Asian/African coalition...but it'll take 2 decades for the economics to work. Hope Iran can hold its own till then

[@b5e5n1n9y86]

@fjwjr Man, nothing you've said makes any sense. Im gonna quote you in the hopes that you might put your own ignorance under the microscope "just pretend he's talking about firefighters or policemen. (whoops, there's the word "fight" in there and police use guns so that doesn't work)". If you want to continue this discourse could you please adress this, "I agree with your comment though, I cannot not politicize anything thats about soldiers lifes or limbs being lost." and explain your issue!

[@eyhexs]

dont give this to your soldiers; they are just men trained to kill (they chose to go there and kill in exchange for money, no one drafted them); give them to each and every civilian you maimed in this idiotic "war"; give them to the iraki and afghan children whose lives you destroyed; do that or GTFO with this emo speech; what do your soldiers need these new arms for? to be able to pull a guns trigger again? i have little empathy for them; dont send them to an unjustified war in the first place

[@alexmusic2909]

is it just me or did he pee in his pants?

[@lavixl]

@winxniw Because he's a mans man.

[@nedfrichman]

boring!! watching all those 20mins felt sloooow.