Ginger/IT - the big secret invention - check out these documents and diagrams

[MDesigner]

A little Tuesday treat for you...

Concept drawings
Page detailing the Stirling engine
More documents

Discuss.

 

[StageLeft]

"discuss"

When I first heard about this I almost had to change my underwear

 

[MrBond]

Those are differnet drawings then I've seen before, designs supposidly "submitted" to the patent office. I don't see how either of those could stabilize themselves...you get a 200lb person shifting their weigh that far above a balance point, and somethings got to give.

Methinks it's a huge publicity stunt. Just because the CEO of Amazon is in on it doesn't mean its true. When your company is hemmoraging money, you'll say anything for some cash

 

[Pliablemoose]

Looks neat, but municipalities all over are passing ordinances against any type of powered transportation like this being used on city streets or sidewalks, I hope potential owners have a big yard!!!

 

[MDesigner]

<< Methinks it's a huge publicity stunt. Just because the CEO of Amazon is in on it doesn't mean its true. When your company is hemmoraging money, you'll say anything for some cash >>



Who cares about the CEO of Amazon? Dean Kamen is the inventor, THAT'S the huge deal... if you know his history

 

[MrBond]

I know his history, and I know hes a little eccentric. If I was as eccentric as him, I wouldn't think twice about pulling a prank on the world like this. Hell, if I had the capibility, I'd be doing the same thing just to laugh at the world when I say &quot;Gotcha&quot;

But that's just me

Man, I keep thinking of things I wanted to say

The CEO of Amazon thing is what most people are using to debunk the theory that it's a prank, which is why I brought it up

 

[aaronfishman]

Anyone do FIRST here ? I was on the Richardson High School team in Richardson, Texas.Link to site

 

[StageLeft]

From what I've read of Kamen he isn't a joke. I dunno if this will be as good as other people have said it was (kamen hasn't claimed it will change the world), but its gonna be interesting. Kamen is the shiznit!

 

[Doggiedog]

MDesigner, that's a pretty neat site.

Thanks.

 

[MrBond]

I'm not claiming HE's a joke, I'm suggesting that maybe this is an elaborate prank to prove something about humanity. He's developed several useful inventions, but I saw the thing on The Early Show about him, the guy's a little strange

 

[StageLeft]

He is strange but I think that based upon his past history he wouldn't undermine his own reputation by orchestrating a prank like this. Anyway hes strange cause he's better than us hehe

I'm just jealous that he has sweet cars, sweet house, and pilots himself to work in a helicopter. Plus hes a bloody genius.

 

[MDesigner]

Kamen is no prankster.. he built a wheelchair that can go up and down stairs.. that's pretty sweet. I think this is for real. I think the object here is to provide a fast, efficient, CLEAN way of transporting yourself to a job that isn't more than a few miles away. The Stirling engine is very sweet... runs on anything from solar power to hydrogen, diesel, propane, etc.

PS: www.thesmokinggun.com IS a cool site.. tons of documents you wouldn't normally see. They have Tom Cruises &amp; Nicole Kidman's divorce papers, for instance.