Today in 1951, inventor Dean Kamen was born.
Chloe Sorvino wrote in 2016: College dropout turned inventor Dean Kamen is one of the most prolific tinkerers of our time. Though he's perhaps best-known for inventing the Segway, he's been called the next Thomas Edison particularly for his life-changing innovations in treatments aimed at illnesses ranging from diabetes to cancer. [At the fifth annual Forbes billionaire philanthropy conference, Kamen advised the audience not to listen to naysayers:] "When I’m told absolutely no, it’s a definite maybe."