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It might be worth pointing out that the person who died is not the inventor of the Segway, that would be Dean Kamen. I'm not saying that anyone claimed it was,
by unwind 16y ago
It might be worth pointing out that the person who died is not the inventor of the Segway, that would be Dean Kamen.
I'm not saying that anyone claimed it was, but just pointing it out to avoid confusion.
- siruva07 16y agothanks for that clarification. i was ironically reminded of other inventors killed by their inventions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_the...). still so very tragic.
- idoh 16y agoFor what it's worth, he did invent (or entrepreneured, it isn't clear) the hesco bastion, which according to the former marine sitting next to me was something the troops really liked. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion
- stinkytaco 16y agoWe used HESCOs (Concertainer) in Fargo for flood control a couple of years ago. Not the perfect solution, but there's no way we would have been able to get up that much flood barrier in so little time without them. It's one of those inventions that's so simple you wonder why it didn't already exist.
- newman314 16y agoApparently, they even have a version that can be rapidly deployed. Pretty impressive. See video. http://www.hesco.com/raid/ http://www.hesco.com/raid/
- elblanco 16y agoI remember when the Hesco barriers started showing up in Iraq. They quickly replaced lots of the concrete pouring in many area for explosives barriers. Amazing things. Plus, their booth at various tradeshows is basically an open free bar with unlimited beer.
- kschua 16y agoAgreed. When I first saw the headline, I thought it was Dean.