Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources. Dean Kamen More Quotes by Dean Kamen More Quotes From Dean Kamen 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 Kamen worry running years My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about. Dean Kamen To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions Dean Kamen innovation wheels fire New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that Dean Kamen dimes technology ideas I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or they didn't care Dean Kamen dumb answers people I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate Dean Kamen innovation data way [Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice: We keep the arm, or you keep Chuck.' Dean Kamen wife technology years We cant live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, were all doomed. Dean Kamen fate world ideas In 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 Kamen innovation technology important I think in our lifetime, that level of acceptance of "well, we couldn't do any better," won't be tolerated. We're going to start to see individual therapies customized for individual patients, and it's going to change the way people get healthcare. Dean Kamen acceptance people thinking I think our society is no longer properly valuing the intangible potential of innovation, even if we have to be a little uncomfortable with the risks associated with it, and a little bit willing to fail, pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and try again. We don’t seem to want to do that as much as we used too. Dean Kamen risk dust thinking Segway will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy. Dean Kamen horse car Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. Dean Kamen new innovation technology problem When I'm told absolutely no, it's a definite maybe. Dean Kamen maybe absolutely definite Technology is how we create wealth, how we cure diseases, how we'll build an environment that's sustainable and also gives people the capacity to pull more out of this world and still leave it better than when they found it. Dean Kamen better technology people world Get used to dealing with failure as long as it doesn't hurt people around you, as long as it doesn't hurt you physically, or it doesn't hurt you so much that you can't pick yourself up. Dean Kamen yourself you failure people If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it. Dean Kamen look you eye people We all know about certain problems we wish we didn't have. Dean Kamen problems about know wish
