I was a founding member of my high school’s FIRST Robotics team, have mentored my high school’s team after I graduated, and have volunteered at countless FIRST Lego League tournaments and FIRST Robotics regionals. Dean Kamen is a brilliant inventor and visionary. My time in FIRST is what made me transform from wanting to just go into biology and instead I went into engineering in college. I now have two B.S. degrees, one in biomedical engineering and one in electrical engineering.
The following videos are Dean discussing his latest invention, a bionic arm, at the D6 conference in May. It’s one of his best demos I’ve ever seen (I’ve met Dean and heard him speak on several occasions), and he gives a great speech about FIRST at the end.
