Read the excerpt from "on becoming an inventor" by dean
kamen
then i heard about a summer job through my uncle who
was a dentist. he introduced me to one of his patients who
had a business selling audio-visual equipment for big light
and music shows. he was looking for some new better
equipment. i spent all summer when i was sixteen building
high-powered light-controlled systems that synchronized
many kodak projectors at once, as many as sixty-four to
120 of them, and reduced the cumbersome machines from
the size of a refrigerator to the size of a toaster. not only
was this invention used in theaters, but it was sold to the
museum of natural history and the new york planetarium
to project views of the heavens on the ceiling. to make this
new device i had bought every kind of electrical equipment
i could find and still had money left over
which detail shows that kamen's light-controlled systems
were very good?
kamen was introduced to a man who sold audio-visual
equipment for big light and music shows.
when he was sixteen, kamen spent all summer building
high-powered light-controlled systems.
one of his inventions was used in theaters, the museum
of natural history, and the new york planetarium
to make one of his devices, he bought every kind of
electrical equipment that he could find
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