My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.
Dean KamenIn some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.
Dean KamenAn innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.
Dean KamenSporting 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 KamenThe word entrepreneur is associated with success and adventure. From my life, the only thing I can tell you that's consistently associated with entrepreneurship is failure, and the only thing consistently associated with invention is frustration. There is a long road between the idea and the reality.
Dean Kamen