25 in 25: Dean Kamen

Twenty five years ago, self-taught physicist and entrepreneur Dean Kamen was just breaking ground on his new company DEKA Research in Manchester. His hopes were that DEKA would assist in building new technologies and question the conventional thinking of engineers and inventors. One quarter century later, and Dean Kamen's name has become synonymous with innovation and technology from the Segway to the Ibot transporter to his inventions on water purification. On top of his own creations, Kamen has been inspiring the next generation of Granite State technophiles for the last 18 years with his FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competitions. Kamen wants to elevate the leaders of robotics to a rock star or sports star status. "In 30 years", he says "This will be the sport". Today on the Exchange, we continue our 25 in 25 series with New Hampshire's inventor and innovator Dean Kamen and how he sees the world of technology has changed in the Granite State in the last quarter century.