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OK, I'll buy one . Sure seems like it's gonna be cheaper than the well I'll have to have dug when I move to the country. Although, I'd want something that could generate enough electricity to run more than 70 lightbulbs
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Yawn.
This "new" product has been introduced at least once a year for the last 5 years. Try TIME, November 2003. Or 60 Minutes in August of the same year. Well. at least its got a new name. Slingshot.... yeah, catchy.
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Yawn.
Both articles make it clear that Kamen 5 years ago, could make a working prototype-- but what he didn't know, was how to package the technology, market, and distribute it cost effectively so that the units were more affordable. The new machines look like finished, ready to produce devices today. If you are taking aim at the root cause of 50% of the diseases in the 3rd world, the Slingshot name makes a great deal of sense. But I guess you missed that? SEGsby Quote:
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Not to so new
Actually, the name has been around for quite a while according to this post. What's more the picture looks to show the same device from press shots from at least 3 or 4 years ago. Then again, how long did the Segway float around in limbo before it was decided to form a company to bring it to market?
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I see two boxes that may or may not contain working hardware. Five years ago he had a different set of boxes that looked just as pretty. When did DK ever exhibit an ability to package technology, market and distribute it cost effectively? Kamen invents, then farms his inventions out to others. He keeps re-introducing this very useful device every year with the hope of attracting people who can package, market, and distribute. Maybe someday he'll find a backer, maybe not. Kamen got a lot of press a few years back working with Iqbal Quadir in Bangladesh, but Quadir's company, Emergence BioEnergy, gives no mention of Kamen or DEKA at their website today. Maybe someday. Wake me up when there something new to this story other than naming the device after a primitive rock thrower.
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