Dean Kamen : (6) " Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding. " - Dean Kamen " A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That’s how the patent office defines it. That’s an invention. " - Dean Kamen " Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That’s what technology can do. " - Dean Kamen " Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We’re developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people’s lives. " - Dean Kamen " Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. " - Dean Kamen " I don’t want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I’m crazy. " - Dean Kamen