Dean Kamen can easily be considered New Hampshire’s, if not the U.S.’, top inventor. In fact, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Clinton in 2000. What is in the mind of an inventor? Dean invented the Segway, the ubiquitous two-wheeled scooter with the internal gyroscope. He invented a cheap portable water purification system that Time Magazine called one of the coolest inventions of 2003. He invented mobile dialysis systems, all-terrain wheelchairs, advanced prosthetic devices. Here’s an inventor who commutes in a helicopter. The man who founded FIRST to encourage high-schoolers worldwide to share in the excitement of technology – and to shape science toward social good.