This extraordinary machine was completed in 2003. Because Carmen wanted to use this technology to eradicate this huge water-borne disease, he named the machine "Slingshot" because David beat Goliath with a slingshot. This machine is as big as a household refrigerator, with power cord, water inlet hose and water outlet hose.
Carmen proudly claimed: "No matter what kind of water is inserted into this water inlet pipe-whether it is arsenic-containing water, salt water, water flowing out of toilets or water in the storage tank of chemical waste treatment plant, the water flowing out of the water outlet pipe is absolutely 100% pure, reaching medical grade and can be used for injection."
So far, the latest model of this machine can purify 1000 liters of water a day, and the power consumption is only equivalent to a hair dryer. Its power supply is an upgraded Stirling generator, which can use almost anything as fuel. After a six-month field experiment in Bangladesh, it was found that burning cow dung alone could make this kind of generator work and provide villagers with enough electricity for cell phone charging and electric lighting. In addition, Carmen wants his technology to be used in the most remote villages in the world, so when he designed this machine, he had already considered that it should be able to run continuously for a long time, at least five years without maintenance.
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He has no wife and children, so he devoted all his energy to this invention. Today, he is the best inventor in the United States, with more than 400 individual patents, and the number is still increasing, and he is known as the first person in the American "artisan spirit".
His name is Dean Carmen. It can be said that his invention changed the world!
At the age of 20, I surpassed my parents by inventing income.
Maybe Dean was born a craftsman. 195 1 was born in Rockville Center, new york, and showed some characteristics of famous craftsmen since childhood.
Dean's father is an eccentric scientist and a crazy cartoon illustrator, and his mother is a teacher. Dean prefers electronic devices to sports and music that other peers like. He began to play with gadgets when he was very young, and he began to invent them at the age of five.
As a teenager, he was very good at mathematics, and he also liked to read books he was interested in, such as Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and Galileo's related books. However, because he only pays attention to the courses he is interested in and his grades are not good, it can be said that he has basically not received any formal education or professional education.
/kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, Dean found a part-time job in the summer with the help of his uncle, and worked in the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History, which is considered to be the most technologically advanced planetarium so far.
At that time, Dean was surprised by the old and complicated lighting system of the planetarium. According to his previous experience in manufacturing light boxes, he knew that he could transform them in some ways, saving a lot of manual operations.
Once, Dean took the opportunity to break into the curator's office and tried to "sell" his idea of upgrading the lighting system of the planetarium. The curator was a little suspicious of the arrogant young man and turned him down. But Dean didn't give up, and finally the curator paid $2,000 for each piece of equipment.
After that, Dean began to sell his lighting equipment to local rock bands. By 1972, Dean, a sophomore, earned about $60,000 a year, and his business volume continued to grow, earning more money than his parents' wages combined.
Invention changes the world
Of course, no matter how great an inventor is, it can't be smooth sailing. When Edison invented the electric light, he also tried 1600 kinds of materials and failed 1600 times.
Such a failure did not stop Dean's invention. When Dean invented the mechanical arm, he refused at first. But he said, "I can't imagine a 20-year-old young man lying in bed because he has no arms." He felt that he had to do this, not for profit, but for change.
Once, Dean saw a disabled person walking clumsily on the sidewalk in a wheelchair, but he found that the wheelchair could not let the disabled person complete some basic actions, such as looking up at the person who was talking, such as taking things from the shelf. So he began to try to improve the wheelchair. So there was the first generation of iBOT. This wheelchair can "stand up", so that the user can keep the level with a standing person, and can also meet various road conditions, such as walking in sand, gravel or even 8 cm deep water. What's more, this is a wheelchair that can climb stairs. Because of this invention, Dean was also received by then US President Bill Clinton.
And a slingshot water purification system. According to the data of the United Nations, 6,000 people die from unclean drinking water every day, so Dean came up with the idea of inventing the water purifier. No matter what kind of water the inlet pipe is inserted into, the water from the outlet pipe is absolutely 100% pure, reaching medical grade and can be used for injection. And the cost per liter is only 2 cents.
Balance the car into a capital fragrance.
Dean invented a wide range of fields, but his most famous one is Segway, which was translated into a balance car in China. Dean and his Deka R&D team invented and designed Segway and founded Segway Co., Ltd.
The balance car is composed of two wheels, and it is an electric vehicle, which automatically advances with the movement of the body. There is almost no threshold to drive it. As long as the power is connected, Segway can automatically keep the balance when stepping on the pedal, lean forward to drive it forward, and pull the handle left and right to turn. When it was first listed, a basic balance car was priced at 80,000 yuan, which was once considered as an epoch-making technological invention. Although the price is expensive, the market prospect is limitless.
Last year, Naenbo, an electric scooter manufacturer invested by Xiaomi, completed the acquisition of its American competitor Segway. Nainbo is currently one of 27 eco-chain manufacturers under Xiaomi, and Xiaomi, together with Sequoia Capital, Shunwei and Huashan Capital, contributed 80 million US dollars to help Nainbo complete the acquisition of Segway.
Today, Dean has accumulated a wealth of 3.2 billion pounds with his genius inventions and dedicated craftsmanship. But he always thinks that wealth is only a derivative of creation: "The essence of artisans is to collect and modify available technologies to solve problems or create solutions to problems, thus creating wealth."
Dean said that only creation can make mankind have a better future. In fact, in his life, he only invented, even without a wife and children. It is also because his invention has changed the world many times and given mankind a better future.
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