baantjer
02-28-2003, 11:13 AM
San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/02/28/BU156573.DTL&type=business)
Monterey -- Dean Kamen, creator of the high-tech scooter that was banned in San Francisco, introduced his latest creation Thursday -- a portable water purifier that he hopes will save millions of people around the world who suffer from shortages of fresh water.
For the first time publicly, Kamen demonstrated a prototype of the 100- pound device to a standing ovation at the annual Technology, Entertainment, Design conference in Monterey.
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
Monterey -- Dean Kamen, creator of the high-tech scooter that was banned in San Francisco, introduced his latest creation Thursday -- a portable water purifier that he hopes will save millions of people around the world who suffer from shortages of fresh water.
For the first time publicly, Kamen demonstrated a prototype of the 100- pound device to a standing ovation at the annual Technology, Entertainment, Design conference in Monterey.
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