Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean
Kamen.
What conclusion can be drawn from the details in this
excerpt?
I decided to put his entire machine shop in our basement,
but there were two problems... One, his shop wouldn't fit in
our basement, and two, there was no way the lathe,
weighing fifteen hundred pounds, and the milling machine.
weighing two thousand pounds, could be carried into the
basement. I solved this problem by hiring a contractor to
dig a large hole, break open a wall of the basement,
enclose the addition with concrete and add a roof that
could be used for building an outside deck to the house
also enlarged my mother's kitchen and pantry. I now had
the entire machine shop in our basement. At the time I was
making enough money from my electronic devices to pay
for all of this
Kamen's family did not appreciate the enlargement of
their basement
Kamen's mother had complained about the size of her
kitchen and pantry.
Kamen's idea to enlarge the basement benefited both
his work and his family.
Kamen's machine shop still did not fit into the newly
enlarged basement.